Embracing the Love God Wants You to Have by Taffi Dollar

Author:Taffi Dollar
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-03-08T16:00:00+00:00

Practical Exercises and Journal Prompts

I will encourage you to embrace God’s love by developing a personal relationship with Him. I will also show you how to better love yourself, reflecting on what God says about each of us, and taking inventory of the unique qualities, gifts, and talents God has given.

You will find exercises to help you recognize and appreciate the love God already has put in your life; I encourage you to be an expression of God’s love too. We will plan ways you can be an expression of God’s love where you live, work, pray, and play.

You will be encouraged to meditate on God’s words on love—love of self, love of our family, friends, and neighbors, and love of our church community. Each chapter will also include famous quotes about love and grace for your reflection.

Each chapter will conclude with practical applications for exercising and strengthening your faith, and pages for you to keep a journal of your progress. In her book Creative Journal Writing: The Art and Heart of Reflection, author Stephanie Dowrick explains that journaling allows us to discover who we are; it allows us to manage our past and envision a better future. Journaling in these pages can also be your form of prayer and meditation. Tell God what you are feeling and expect for Him to speak to you through the words you write in this journal.

We’re used to twenty-one-day challenges, and forty-day fasts. But in this book, I encourage you to slow down a bit. You’re invited to enjoy a slow dance with the Holy Spirit. Meditate on the Scripture at the beginning of each chapter. Take time to reflect, for days or weeks, before writing in the journal sections. I am encouraging you to do as I have had to do. Take the pressure off!

Let God’s love lift you in His own time, at His own pace. You are free to set timed goals for yourself, of course, but I encourage you to enjoy the process. See how and when your awareness of God’s love in your life blossoms. You may focus on a single principle for a week, a month, or a whole year. You may leave some of your journal pages open to record progress in a year, two years, five, ten, or twenty years in the future. In these pages you’ll find my own story of being debilitated by fear. God revealed to me the root of my biggest fears, but it took about twenty years for me to work through those fears.

The important thing to remember as you read and work your way through this book is that we cannot put love on a timetable. God loves us. His love is already present in our lives. Our understanding and embracing of His love can happen in a moment of brilliant revelation or sweetly unfold over years. I learned as a psychology major in college that it takes time and effort to break the barriers that block our blessings.

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