Saturday, December 3, 2011

Enough!

I have written a lot about this word, mostly in regard to contentment. Today this word fell fresh upon my soul. We had a celebration to wrap up a Woman's Bible Study on the book: The Good and Beautiful God by: James Bryan Smith. We stood and worshipped as a group in awe of our amazing God. The worship leaders sang over and over "You are beautiful!" It poured down in the sweetness of the music like rain in a desert. When they went on to sing, "I want to hear You say that I am enough," my tears began to flow freely.

One of the key lessons of the book is about replacing "false narratives" with "true narratives." This is a process of spiritual transformation in which we choose to let go of false beliefs about ourselves, God, and others, and welcome in the truth found in scripture. Over the past few years and through the process of this study, I have been working to release the feeling of being "less than." Instead, I receive and breathe in the truth "you are a beloved daughter of the Most High God." It is one thing to understand an idea in your head, and an entirely different thing to embody a belief. I have known this truth for several years, but in that moment of worship, something deeply broken and wounded in me was healed. The music was a spiritual pathway in which the truth of who God is settled into the cracks and crevices of me. I am eternally grateful!

We went around the circle and shared a word or truth that summed up the study. I chose "enough." In the past, that word evoked a strong negative emotion, and feelings of impatience and frustration. I would demand “suck it up and move on, already!” to the small wounded child within me. The new meaning the word took on was "IT IS FINISHED!"

The old story was made new within the context of the gospel and the work Jesus did on the cross. The slate has been cleared and finally I got it! My heart was filled with pure love, and a sweet sound whisperd in to the hardest to reach spaces…YOU are enough! This new narrative reveals the goodness and tender ways of God. Our God is a God who cares enough to cradle the weak and wounded into wholeness.

If every person received this truth deep into the depths of their souls, the world would be a better place. There would be no more striving and throat cutting to get the upper leg. We could all relax into a space of acceptance and love...a trusting place where we know and understand that we are ENOUGH because of what God did. It would feel like heaven on earth if we practiced less comparison, and more understanding. It is enough to be on a journey, stepping one foot in front of the other. YOU are enough because you were born!

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