I cannot get over the dream I had 2 nights ago. That day I hit a low point. My heart was hurting for sure. In a time of literally crying out to Jesus, I asked Him to come to me in my dreams so that I would feel Him tangibly holding me and loving me. Here is the dream I dreamt that night:
Jesus held me in His arms and started to take off layers I had on. The layers were ways I hide myself or things I would put on to find security. He told me I don't need these things to find beauty. He told me "I love you as you are- you have all of my love and approval." But mainly He just held me and it was incredible!
This might sound random, but I color in my eyebrows just to give them some good color and shape. I don't care for my eyebrows when they aren't colored in, but Jesus actually took off the coloring I filled my eyebrows with and left my eyebrows bear. In a moment when I began to fill insecure is when He told me I was altogether beautiful, that there was no flaw in me and I DIDN'T NEED TO DO ANYTHING TO BE BEAUTIFUL! I am beautiful as I am!
I learned a couple of things from this.
1- We need to be specific and also honest with the Lord! He already knows our thoughts and hearts, but to fully partner with us we need to come to Him and speak dreams, desires and needs into existence. The Lord is waiting to meet us, we simply need to speak. I was very specific with the Lord. My heart longed for an encounter of intimacy with Him and upon crying out to and asking Him, He literally met me EXACTLY where I was!
2- The Lord knows what's best for us. Refinement is a process. So when the Lord is removing layers, when He is chipping away at you, when He is breaking things off of you, embrace the process. The Lord wants absolutely nothing to hinder you from His fullness. For me He wanted to remind me that with as much as I enjoy makeup, I do not need it because I am beautiful in His eyes. Of course I wear it for fun, but oh was it a blessing to hear Him call me beautiful as I am.. The Lord is making us the best versions of who we can be! What a beautiful process refining is!
Be open to the Lord. Be honest with Him with what you need and desire. Ask Him- He is faithful to hear. Trust Him and His timing, will and sovereignty. Dream on and dream big. The possibilities for you are endless.
1- We need to be specific and also honest with the Lord! He already knows our thoughts and hearts, but to fully partner with us we need to come to Him and speak dreams, desires and needs into existence. The Lord is waiting to meet us, we simply need to speak. I was very specific with the Lord. My heart longed for an encounter of intimacy with Him and upon crying out to and asking Him, He literally met me EXACTLY where I was!
2- The Lord knows what's best for us. Refinement is a process. So when the Lord is removing layers, when He is chipping away at you, when He is breaking things off of you, embrace the process. The Lord wants absolutely nothing to hinder you from His fullness. For me He wanted to remind me that with as much as I enjoy makeup, I do not need it because I am beautiful in His eyes. Of course I wear it for fun, but oh was it a blessing to hear Him call me beautiful as I am.. The Lord is making us the best versions of who we can be! What a beautiful process refining is!
Be open to the Lord. Be honest with Him with what you need and desire. Ask Him- He is faithful to hear. Trust Him and His timing, will and sovereignty. Dream on and dream big. The possibilities for you are endless.