This week I bought a book from Deseret Book Store called Let God Love You: Why We Don't and How We Can. As I have been reading it this week it has really started to affect the way that I think about my relationship with my Heavenly Father. In the book, the author talks about an experience that she had where she heard the spirit clearly ask the words, "Why do you keep me so far away?" several times. When she was finally willing to put herself in a vulnerable position and let Heavenly Father close to her, she felt his arms wrapped around her. I have been constantly thinking about the words of that piercing question all week - in the shower, as I am driving around town, while I am walking to my classes, etc. - and it has really been made apparent to me that it is us who keep Heavenly Father so far away. He is simply waiting there with open arms, ready to embrace us and shower us with his love, and all we have to do is let him.
John 14:18 says,
18 I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.
This scripture is really special to me because it truly testifies to me that our Savior really knows our daily struggles and our emotions. He knows when we kick ourselves about missing a deadline, when we feel insecure about other's opinions of us, and when we just feel sad or scared about our future. He feels what we feel. And he is just waiting for us to take the gifts of comfort and peace and all consuming happiness that he has so graciously extended to us. He is just waiting for us to love him so He can shower us with oceans and oceans full of the love that he already feels for us. He will not leave us comfortless! We just need to be sure not to keep him so far away.
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