True Radiance

Psalm 34:4-5 "I sought the Lord and He answered me; He delivered me from all of my fears. Those who look to Him are radiant; their faces are never covered with shame."

Psalm 45:11 "The King is enthralled with your beauty, honor Him as your Lord."

I recently had the opportunity and blessing of spending the weekend with a group of friends from high school. What a joyful time to re-live our pasts... sort of. Much of the weekend we laughed and shared funny stories and at other times we cried and mourned the choices that we made that brought so much shame and guilt. Nonetheless, we loved one another through both and grew with one another at 40.

As I reflected on the many conversations I had, one word continued to come to mind. Freedom. There was such freedom in the weekend, not because we shared so much about our trials and tribulations but because each of us, at some point in these past 22 year, has sought the Lord, cried out to Him and allowed Him to deliver us from our fears. We have accepted, even if not wholeheartedly at times, that we are radiant when we turn to him. We are told in Psalm 45:11 that the King is ENTHRALLED with our beauty. That means that he thinks that we are beautiful when we're having a bad hair day, bad attitude day, and on our most beautiful days. No matter what, when we look to Him we are radiant and He is enthralled.

I don't know where any of you are today, but I encourage you to look in the mirror and remind yourself that no matter WHERE you are in your life that God loves you, He is in enthralled with you and when you look to Him that you are absolutely radiant.

I have struggled for the past few weeks with being overwhelmed and feeling like I am constantly going in 50 different directions, so what I share with you today, I find myself having to do as well. I don't feel radiant when I am absolutely exhausted, but today I choose to cry out to Him, turn to Him and let Him love me right where I am today.

Many Blessings & Much Love!!