Ha ha Ha, so now that I've got your attention and hopefully also have you laughing, I am certain you are wondering where I am going to go with this question at the top...
"What do blue jeans and Jesus have in common?"
Well, relax...I'm not going to tell you that Jesus thinks I'm all of those descriptive adjectives above...but I can tell you that He does delight in me! I can tell you that He thinks I'm pretty special...and that He loves me so much that He was willing to die for me! And He died for me so that He could one day take me to heaven as His beloved Bride, and that we could live happily ever after for eternity! And you know what? He feels the same way about YOU! Yes He does!
This morning the devotional that I read in "Jesus Today" (#111) by Sarah Young said the following:
"You are a delight to Me! (Jesus).
I know you find it difficult to receive this blessing.
It is based on the unconditional Love I have for all of My followers.
I love you more than you can begin to imagine,
so just relax in the
Light of My Presence--
take time to soak in this luminous Love.
Relax with Me and listen while I
rejoice over you with singing...."
"Remember that My delight in you is based on
My finished work on the cross.
So don't fall into the trap of trying to earn My Love.
Instead, live as the one you truly are--
My beloved--
and let your gratitude keep yo close to Me,
eager to follow wherever I lead.
I delight in you!"
God's Word tells us in Zephaniah 3:17 (NIV) the following:
"The Lord your God is with you,
He is mighty to save.
He will take great delight in you,
He will quiet you with His love,
He will rejoice over you with singing."
Don't you love that verse? I sure do. Especially as I begin this new year...and as I seek to find REST in God...I love that He tells me not only that He is WITH me, and that He is mighty to SAVE me, and He also takes great DELIGHT in me...but He also will QUIET me with HIS LOVE...and then He actually REJOICES over me with singing!!! How lovely...how precious this makes me feel. These words are an affirmation from God that He truly enjoys spending time with me...and that makes me all the more determined to set aside that special time each day to spend time with Him...to hear Him singing over me and quieting my anxious heart as a mother sings a lullaby to her beloved child. These words are much more precious to me than all the sweet "nothings" that were written in my blue jeans pockets! God's words give me HOPE, and Blessing, and great comfort. And that truly puts a big smile on my face!!!
POST UPDATE: OKAY GIRLS, SINCE SEVERAL OF YOU HAVE ALREADY ASKED ME WHAT KIND OF JEANS THESE ARE, THEY ARE LEE CLASSIC FIT 1889, PURCHASED AT JCPENNEY!
And here is gorgeous,beautiful, sexy, glamorous and stunning me, wearing my new jeans!!!!
How's that for a good laugh? I know Jesus must be smiling...because He loves us so much...and He KNOWS we are beautiful because He created us in His image!!!
