I was journaling the other day and it sparked some thoughts I wanted to share. Specifically I was thinking about shame, how we deal with our shame, and how God deals with our shame. I was thinking of Adam and Eve and how their shame caused them to flee, cover themselves in camouflage, and do everything they could to hide from God. It is God's response (Genesis 3:8-9) that starts the Greatest Love Story Ever Told, and sparked the following ramblings:
God is pursuing. Coming after. Calling to. Searching out. He is in pursuit.
He kicked them out. Yet still He protected them: with a boat, with a dream for Isaac... and for Ishmael, with a dreamer, with plagues, and with rules. Then, after the people stopped dreaming and the rules failed to serve their purpose a moment longer, He pursued again.
He came after His people as a baby among them, a teacher in the synagogue, a healer in the hills, and a sacrificial lamb on the cross. He pursued them to the depths of Hell. Then He chased away the burden of unforgiveness and the darkness of death in His desire to protect us for eternity.
Our God is a provider, staving off hunger with manna for the wandering and pig slop for the broken, staving off mortality with broken bread and blood-red wine. He is a protector, blessing the monarch with humility and the martyr with eternal assurance. And most of all, He is a pursuer, a Father leaving no stone unturned, a Lover calling down every alley, and a Savior reaching to every extreme to win the battle and bring you home to Him.
May you know the feeling of being pursued by your loving creator...
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