For years I struggledwith codependency and the stronghold it had on my mind and heart. The thought of being alone haunted me for as long as I was old. During the spring of 2005, I was attending a bible class series about healthy relationships. It was there that I discovered the most important relationship I could have was with my Creator, not man.
That epiphany has led me to not only have an amazing and intimate relationship with God, but my human relationships have followed suit. Understanding the love God has for me allows me to attempt to love more like Him. Talk about a dose of double blessings.
If you are looking to improve and enrich your earthly relationships may I offer the same words of encouragement Pastor Dale of Greenlawn Church of Christ, shared with me. These words changed the course of my personal relationship God and those in my life.
Everyone longs to give themselves completely to someone — to have a deep soul relationship with another — to be loved thoroughly, and exclusively. But God, to a Christian, says, “No, not until you are satisfied and content with being loved by Me alone, with giving yourself totally and unreservedly to Me alone, discovering that only in Me is your satisfaction to be found, will you be capable of the perfect human relationship I have planned for you.
You will never be united with another until you are united with Me, exclusive to anyone or anything else, exclusive of any other desires or longings. I want you to stop planning, stop wishing, and allow Me to give you the most thrilling plan existing, one that you cannot imagine.
I want you to have the best. Please allow Me to bring it to you. You just keep watching Me, expecting the greatest things, keep experiencing the satisfaction that I AM. Keep listening and learning the things that I tell you. You just wait. That is all.
Do not be anxious. Do not worry. Do not look around at the thing others have gotten or that I have given them. Do not look at the things you think you want. You just keep looking off and away up at Me. Or you will miss what I want you to show you.
And then, when you are ready, I will surprise you with a love far more wonderful than you would dream of. You see, until you are ready and until the one I have for you is ready (I am working even this moment to have both of you ready at the same time), until you are both satisfied exclusively with Me and the life I have prepared for you, you will not be able to experience the love that exemplifies your relationship with Me, and is thus the perfect love.
And dear one, I want you to have this most wonderful love. I want you to see in the flesh a picture of your everlasting union of beauty, perfection, and love I offer with Myself. Know that I love you utterly. I am El Shaddai. Believe and be satisfied.
I wish for you what Pastor Dale wished for me. “I hope this will continue to bring you peace and the comfort of God.” Did this touch your heart? Share or comment below. To connect go to my Contact page. Big hug from me to you!
For years I struggled with codependency and the stronghold it had on my mind and heart. The thought of being alone haunted me for as long as I was old. During the spring of 2005, I was attending a bible class series about healthy relationships. It was there that I discovered the most important relationship I could have was with my Creator, not man.