Everlasting Arms

"The eternal God is your refuge, 

and his everlasting arms are under you."

                                                     (Deuteronomy 33:27)

I was looking at my phone when I fell over my dog this morning. My whole body fell forward; except for my left hip--she stayed put. I literally left my *butt* behind me. (Yes, I know, technically, it's always behind me.)  But I left it waaaaay behind the rest of me. This is kind of tough to do. (It would be especially difficult for Kim Kardashian, who in no way has buttock implants.)

I'm so glad I fell.

It's exactly the picture of what God is asking me to do in my faith: to fall into Him and leave my *but* behind me.

We serve a God who loves us.  He desires intimacy in our relationship. We need only trust Him. And this means, we've got to leave our *buts* behind.  No doubting.  All in. Really trust Him.

And I do.
Only sometimes I don't.
{If I'm being really honest.}

When trust is hard, praise God, His mercies are new every morning! Every day is an opportunity to yield to the Holy Spirit.  We are met, each morning, with an invitation to trust the Living King with every-thing! To give Him our fears, our failures, our hearts, our hopes.  To give Him our marriages and our children and our work and our friends.  To give Him our stress, our sickness, our struggles.  To give Him our strongholds, our pride, our sin. To give him all of it. To hold our emptiness up to Him.  To give Him our willingness. To trust--that no matter what--we're better off leaving our *buts* behind us.

Let's leave "what if" and "but not" and "if only" waaaaay behind. No caveats! No trying to limit the Lord God Almighty! Let's trust that His best for us is all we ever need.  He has wonderful things in mind for us; He tells us so, "No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love him (1 Corinthians 2:9)."

We serve a God whose open arms invite us, Fall into Me. Trust Me.  What a beautiful way to experience the unfailing love of the Father--resting in His everlasting arms.

Want to see a cute picture?
Meet my cousin Jeremy and his son, Max:

When we are in our Father's everlasting arms, we are safe and free to experience the fullness of all God has for us. We're Max! (And also isn't Jeremy such a cute Daddy?)

I know.  You can't stop looking at that cute picture, can you?

My mom and I did a big, "Eeeeeee!" when we saw it and our tummies and flipped and she said, "This is the picture of the Father's everlasting arms!" And I said, "Yes, you're so right!" (And all my bible study girls giggled because there are tattoos on those arms, and you know about my Adam Levine crush, and it's all too wonderful for words). 

Dear friend, let's start our day falling into Him.  Let's leave our *buts* far behind us--nothing is off-limits.  We are wholly His!  Let us fall into the everlasting arms of our Father and experience the vast ocean of His love!