Friday, June 06, 2008

thanks for your patience....

Wow! It has been quite a while since my last post. So sorry to you all who faithfully check in to see what is going on. Well school is out for the summer and we are enjoying a little down time.

God continues to show Himself faithful and we are pressing in to knowing Him more and learning His ways in the midst of this life He has given us to live. I am convinced more and more that we are not our own and that because we have been bought with a price we really have no authority to call the shots. God calls the shots and He alone knows what is best for us and the Kingdom of God. God has continued to show me more and more depths of His love. It is awe inspiring to catch a glimpse of that love. We see it daily when we consider the cross but I think we forget to realize that it was love, not obligation that compelled Christ to the cross. Christ would have endured anything in order for our relationship with Him to be restored. That is what it is all about our relationship with Him. The Father said, "This is your bride." And Christ immediately fell in love with us. "However Jesus there is only one hitch. In order for you to have the relationship you desire with her you will have to take on flesh, live out a sinless life on earth, then if that is not enough you will be falsely accused and endure the punishment of a criminal--death on a cross. But once you do that you will be able to experience the ultimate in realtionships with your bride. Are you willing?" Christ response, "Am I willing, look at her isn't she the most beautiful thing you have ever seen. Of course I am willing. Knowing that after all of that I can have HER, I will do whatever it takes. I want that relationship." The Father then says, "Go buy back your Bride."

That love is hard for many of us to understand because we are so self-seeking and looking out for number one. We want to know what a relationship will gain us. We want to know that if we invest time and emotion we are going to get something back. However, that is the glory of agape love---it does not seek its own. It loves because the thought of not loving is more painful than the thought of not being loved back. Agape love truly has to give because there is more fulfillment in the loving than being loved. Christ has brought this love alive to me. This is so new to me but I am daily experiencing the love of Christ.

More on this later, I love you all. RW

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Yeah, youre back!!! Have missed you! Still waiting for a visit!
Love you,friend...
Cathy

The Maggio Family said...

glad to hear all is well, wondering when we were gonna get a post.

Anonymous said...

Sister,
Wonderful to read your blog again.
Much has happened. Much more to come. You are respected and loved by many. Keep running the good race.
your older brother,
Russell

Anonymous said...

Robin,
It was good to hear from you again. Love the word and the word yesterday at church. Thanks for sharing and have a wonderful week. Love you Gayle

Anonymous said...

I agree with you in that many of us never fully understand agape love. In fact, I don't believe any of us will ever really have complete understanding while on earth. But, I'm glad you're having this season of spiritual growth and santification -- that God is evidently opening your heart to true, selfless, honest, and unpretentious love. I truly believe that God's purposes in choosing to bring George home so "early" was more for our benefit, for all of us who cherish and miss George, than for George's benefit. And, oh how God desires to bring us all to a fuller understanding of His heart, His sacrifice, and passion for us His bride! And, how intense is His desire to purify her heart to mirror His!! I, too, want to know more about the depth of God's love -- to, not only know about it, but to live it and experience it...

Thanks for sharing your thoughts and insights... What blessed meditation to end an exhausting day/week...

Sonya

Sonja said...

Robin,
thank you for sharing...I leave for San Antonio Wed. flying out of N.O. not sure when I will be back but I will keep checking your blog for uplifting messages of your journey with Him! He is faithful to guide our paths...we may not always like it or feel very unfamiliar with its surroundings but we go TRUSTING He is leading and in that GOOD will come. Every day is like that for the christian...leaning on Him to shine light on our path constantly listening for the voice behind us saying "this is the way, walk in it."
Keep pressing in to Him.

sonja h.