Hey y'all! So, I have put a lot of thought into what I would write about this week. Currently, I am working with a lot of young women at a summer camp. Something that I've noticed is really common among these ladies is a desire for something more. I believe that something is God. Therefore, I decided to share with you a time in my life when I realized how just as much as I desired the Lord, he desired me with an even greater passion.

What you're about to read, is a letter that I wrote to myself from God. I can distinctly remember being in the presence of the Lord, and feeling so overwhelmed by his love that I had to write the letter you're about to read. At the time, I was in a rough place. The letter is very repetitive in parts, but honestly, I felt like the Lord was calling me to meditate on this one idea because sometimes we need to hear things over and over to really understand them.

So, this one is for all of you who feel unworthy, unlovable, or insecure. Please know that you are so much more and that I am with you, and more importantly that the Lord is calling out to you with the love that is so incomparable to anything else.

On February twenty-fifth I wrote this letter:

Dear Beloved,

I LOVE YOU so much. Why do you turn away from my love? You're mine, and you're beautiful. You're precious, and you're loved above all else. Imagine all you're love for life and for others, quantify it and add it together. Do you see how much love there is? Now, add the total of how much others love you. Even if love was quantifiable in this way, it is not even close to the amount of love I have for you. You are my daughter (son) and my child. That is who you are and for that reason alone, you are loved. It is by this identity that you are loved. That's who you are and in me, you have merited all the love you have and so much more.

Beloved, I LOVE YOU! I am so proud of everything you have done and all that you've become. Yes, you turn away from me at times, but that doesn't decrease my love for you. In those moments, my love for you is only strengthened. I desire YOU above all else. You are beautiful and your soul is precious to me.

Beloved, you are important. You are treasured above all that you can imagine. I love you, and I want you to be with me. I love you so much, that I died for you. Yes, YOU! I died to save you because I love you. Your faith in me is strong, and it breaks my heart when you turn away from me. Come back to me child. Run into my loving arms, let me hold you close, and trust in me. I know there are things on your heart right now. You put such deep thought into everything, and that is a beautiful gift I gave you. It's a beautiful gift, but sometimes you misuse it. You sit on things too long and let them define who you are. You let them take your thoughts, your actions, your intentions, and you heart from me.

My daughter (son), why?

These thoughts, these mistakes, these failures, do NOT make you any less MINE. Remember, I made you. I formed you in your mother's womb, and I loved you before you existed. In fact, I loved you INTO existence. I know every detail for you and I have loved every part of you since before the world began.

Beloved, I LOVE YOU.

I want you to never forget that. I am your father, and I love you, You are my beloved daughter (son). and nothing will ever change that. No matter what happens, Beloved, I will always love you. I will love you with a love that is incomprehensible to the human mind.

Beloved, I love you, and you are mine.

Love, Jesus