Redeem – (verb) repurchase; to buy back, regain possession of. Synonym: Ransom – (verb) redeem a person from captivity by paying a stipulated price, or to redeem from sin by sacrifice; free, liberate; rescue, save
I came to stand before Him, broken.
“I am lonely,” I said.
You are not alone. I am always here.
You can rest in Me.
I took the shards of my life and offered it up to Him and said:
“Here. I made a mess of it. I understand if you are disappointed in me.”
Then I knelt and waited.
I love you.
“You love the whole world. I know.”
I love you.
“I know.” Yet I turned away, knowing I was part of the whole. Not special. Not me.
Everything under the heavens is Mine.
“Yes, I am under the heavens. I know who I belong to.”
Stand boldly before Me. Listen for Me.
Child, I am your Father. I sustain you. I give you strength. You have power.
“I know.”
And still, He told me:
I created you. I am jealous for you.
I delight in you. I think about you all the time.
I know every hair on your head.
I know your heart. I made it especially for you.
I am your beginning and your end.
I am your healer.
I have loved you with an everlasting love. Nothing at all, ever, can take that love away.
I fought for you. I died for you. I won for you.
I’ve called you. I’m coming for you. Wait for Me.
I stand in the onslaught of that love, head back, arms held out wide and the love pours onto me. I stand in the outpouring, in the whirlwind of love, of passion, of gentleness and mercy and compassion and rejoicing and again, love, and I accept it. I love back and I am filled. I am not alone. I am loved.
Zephaniah 3:17 – He rejoices over me. He quiets me with His love.
Love, Jimmie 