Enter in the Embrace

 Five Minute Friday time!  Five minutes of free writing, the word is EMBRACE, ready, set, go!
(Linking with five-minute-friday-embrace)

First thoughts... God's embrace.  Oh what love...

The more I still myself enough to soak in God's presence, and the more I embrace Who He is, the more I become aware of who I am in Him, and who He is calling me to be. 

The more I let Him hold me, the more I believe the truth of His faithful love and promises, the more I believe the hopes and dreams I hold can come to be.

The more I step forward into His open arms, the more He reveals to me of His nature, and the more I can step forward in confidence in who He has made me to be.

Abiding in God's embrace leads me to a deeper appreciation of Who He is, to a fuller connection with my Creator, which leads me to be able to appreciate who I am in His grace and who He has created me to be.

Abiding in God's embrace allows me to fully live, to fully embrace every moment.

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* Spontaneous Poem *

Come dear child,
step into my embrace,
come away from routines,
step out of the race.

Breathe and let go,
Come as you are.
Be still, exhale,
for my peace is not far.

In my arms
you will find rest.
In my arms
you will be blessed.

(So, I may have gone a wee bit over five minutes *ahem* in fact did indeed go over with the poem... oh well... 'twas still a brief free write)

Delight yourself in the Lord;
And He will give you the desires of your heart.
Commit your way to the Lord,
Trust also in Him, and He will do it.
~Psalm 37:4-5

Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself unless it abides in the vine, so neither can you unless you abide in Me.
~John 15:4

You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you.
~Isaiah 26:3