Whenever I get some extra time from reading all the books I have for my classes, I have been reading, Wild at Heart by John Elderedge. So far, I have really enjoyed this book. A few weeks ago I was reading about how women long to be pursued by a man. I would have to agree. :) Then, it talked about how God also longs for us to pursue Him. I know that His word tells us to love Him with all of our hearts, our souls, and our minds. This would obviously mean basically the same thing. In my mind though, they were separate. I know that God wants our love and everything from us. But personally knowing and understanding the word "pursue," takes things to a different level. I want that man to pursue me because he loves spending time with me and wants to know me deeper. I want him to desire to know the silly little quirks about me. I want him to call me randomly during the day to let me know that he's thinking of me. It hit me this night that Jesus wants us to do the same. He wants us to long to be with Him and to know as much about Him as possible.
This past year has been a strange year for me in regards to friendships. Honestly....I have been struggling big time. I attach myself to people I love and would spend every minute with them if possible. Last week I was having a pity party for myself that things shouldn't be the way that they are. How could these people that I love not want to be with me all the time? I love them! Well, today God again brought me back to the idea of me pursuing Him. I heard Him say to me, "Amanda, I know your pain because I sometimes feel this from you. I want you to pursue me." Wow. Again God has shown me that I must continue to put Him before men.
Go pursue God...He is waiting!
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Thanks for this Manda! I loved what you said about how pursuing is when you want to spend time with someone because you want to know everything about them, and that's how we should feel about God. I really appreciated these insights!
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