Destroy me

My days in Los Angeles have been such an amazing time of hearing from God. I thought I would share a snippet from journal. A short poem that gave me a wonderful insight into God's love for me:

I cry out replace me
I cry out destroy me
I fall to my face and beg you uproot me
And as the world agrees
You reach out your hand
And bid me to stand

You are who I have made you
To replace you pains me
To destroy you despairs me
The ins and outs of your heart are nothing short of precious to me
You will change and you will grow
But in this please ALWAYS know
That I love you for you
In absolutely everything you do


I can not count the number of times I have asked God to end me. To give up on me so that i can stop living with the idea that I am made for more.
Sometimes we get so caught up in the shame of our lives that we think God must be ordaining this shame. He must be demanding that we live this way because this is what we deserve.
The words He spoke to me that day (and the words in the entire bible) show that it isn't true. The ins and outs of your heart are nothing short of precious to the creator.
Take a moment today to rest in God's love for you. For a single moment let go of all your worry and guilt and fear and just let Him tell you how special you truly are.
You can pick up your heavy back pack of shame anytime you want.

So much love,
EMG