Pursued

Call me old fashioned, but I want to be pursued by my husband.

The thing is I've been pursued all my life.
By a man, who gave up His life for mine.

Most of my life I didn't realize it.
I didn't paid attention to the ways he showed His love, care and concern for me.

But now my eyes have been open.

I see Him in creation around me. In a hug from a close friend, a kind word, a song on the radio, a smile from a stranger.

I know He cares about me when things in life fall into place, when I unexpectedly receive the thing I have been needing, or when He answers my prayers and those deep longings in my heart.

Most of my life I have lived looking for an earthly man(or woman) to be my saviour, the one I can always count on and will be everything I need.

They always fail me in one way or another.

But Jesus, well, He has yet too, and I doubt He ever will. He has proven Himself faithful and patient, when I have and when I haven't deserved it.

He says He has a future beyond my wildest dreams planned out for me, and He had them planned before the earth was created.

To me that says, "Sarah, I've got you and I'll never let you go."

True security.

"Long before He laid down earth's foundations, He had us in mind, had settled on us as the focus of His love, to be made whole and holy by His love. Long, long ago He decided to adopt us into His family through Jesus Christ. (What pleasure He took in planning this!) He wanted us to enter into the celebration of His lavish gift-giving by the hand of His beloved Son."
-Ephesians 1:4-6 MSG

"God can do anything, you know—far more than you could ever imagine or guess or request in your wildest dreams! He does it not by pushing us around but by working within us, His Spirit deeply and gently within us."
-Ephesians 3:20 MSG

"I'll show up and take care of you as I promised and bring you back home. I know what I'm doing. I have it all planned out—plans to take care of you, not abandon you, plans to give you the future you hope for. When you call on me, when you come and pray to me, I'll listen. When you come looking for me, you'll find me. Yes, when you get serious about finding me and want it more than anything else, I'll make sure you won't be disappointed." God's Decree. "I'll turn things around for you."
-Jeremiah 29:11-14 MSG