LOVE

Today I felt like God was telling me something and it went a little like this, "How are you to give love if you don't first get it from me. Beloved, look at me and let me love you. I love you"Today me and my roomies decided to go to a church in the city that some of our friends were going to and so we set off on our little adventure . . . An hour later and we still couldn't find the church and at this point we all decided to go back to campus and go to Bethany (this is the church on campus) on the way back we all kind of communicated that we felt like God was detouring us back to Bethany for a reason and little did we know what he had in store.God promised me last week that he was going to begin wiping out my ideas about love, my very tainted views of love and fill them with His truth of love. That began today at church... The message at Bethany Church had a lot packed into it but God's annointing was on the speaker and everything connected. My time here at Bethany has been amazing even though the days have been few. God is stripping me and he is shaking everything that can be shaken. And he is piecing the pieces back together. When I arrived at Bethany I was so confused as to who I was, but I am now finding out who I am in Christ and Him alone. God is dealing with my past and preparing me for the future at the same time. I am overwhelemed with joy.I think each and every one of us has this deep yearning to be loved. I URGE you to come back to the one who is love so that you may know true love.I go back to the word I heard from God today, "How are you to give love if you don't first get it from me. Beloved, look at me and let me love you. I love you"I haven't been much of a touchy feely person, but I always wished I could be. I always prayed that I could show people what was TRUELY on my heart; how much I loved them, but then I would try and I would get stuck because I don't do good with being affectionate, whether thats giving or receiving love. But God is teaching me to be one of those people. I first must receive TRUE LOVE from the Lord then only can I truely accept love for what love truely is. LET HIM LOVE YOU. YOU ARE HIS BELOVED!