Chosen and Loved.

I realize God has changed me in the past three months and just even this year. I love being around people which a couple years ago would not have been the case. Imagine a little girl hiding behind her father when people gathered, and well that was me. I was the girl who barely talked and was intimidated by people. In school if I got called on by the teacher my face would turn as red as a tomato.

I am learning who I am and most importantly I have been learning who I am in Christ. The more I seek Him out and grow closer to Him, I see how He is changing me to reflect Him. It is beautiful. And I am beginning to learn that when we grasp that our identity is found in Christ and Him alone, well from there everything just flows. My confidence is only found through Him. And at the end of the day it only matters what God thinks. I am just now figuring out these things that everyone tells us. It is one thing to hear all of this but it is another thing to experience it all first hand. The most mind boggling thing is this...  

God never gives up on us. 

His love for us is simply this... beautiful. He is so patient. And you know what is so neat.

He chose me. And He chose you. 

...as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved...

Colossians 3:12

He made each of us unique and with a purpose.

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.

Ephesians 2:10

He knows each person. 

Before I formed you in the womb I knew you...

Jeremiah 1:5

He desires to hear about our day, our struggles, our triumphs. He even sent His son to die for our sins. His only son. Think about that for a moment...

Now what is stopping you from running into God's arms?