Generous Jesus!
Soul Snack 9/159 ... Pure Love - D
Whether I am an alien to Him, an enemy of Him or intimate with Him, His heart for me remains trustworthy and constant.
My heart may well be shallow, certainly is indulgently sinful and no doubt bruised - these facts He will not hold against me.
‘If I am graced to understand with my head and to accept with my heart that the essence of the divine nature is compassion, then God is best defined by the heart of tenderness."#
Daily He maintains this tenderness at costly effort. It soars across His cosmos as an unstoppable canopy of warm light. It both indwells me shines over me.
Daily this heart of tenderness yearns for relationship with me, draws me towards Himself and invites intimacy. His tender heart for me wants to engage with me - this is the heart of His heart! It is at His core to always care for me!
He thinks far more highly of me than I may be likely to. He will speak far more generously and gently to me than others may have or still do. His unshakeable desire is to elevate me, not crush me - to call me and not to kick me.
In His arms I can recline and in His tenderness I can reside!
"I will refresh the weary and satisfy the faint." Jer 31:25
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# Quote from B. Manning - The Wisdom of Tenderness - Ch 1