Have you ever been in the same room as someone and still missed them?
I can barely explain the feeling but I can physically be right down the hall from my mom, and still miss her. It’s almost like an empty feeling that I get from the depths of my heart. One that can only be healed with a really big hug. A hug that makes you feel like you’re not going anywhere for a very long time. Well, I imagine that’s how God feels about us sometimes. I feel like He sees us going down the wrong path, hanging with the wrong crowd, or staying in toxic relationships, and misses us terribly. He doesn't miss us because He has abandoned us. He remains in our presence as close as possible as He has given us free will to choose Him or the world and watches us pick up what we have or should have already laid down at his feet. I went through a phase (an incredibly long one at that) where I was continuously running back to a relationship that I should have cut ties with. I felt like I was in a love triangle with him and God. I knew what was good for me and for some reason I continued to keep God in the friend zone. Sometimes we have to come to this place in our lives where we close the door to the things that we've already laid down at Jesus' feet and start meeting Him in a way that changes us. Because when we meet Jesus in a way that continues to change us, we lose the desire to run back to the things that held us captive in the first place. Whatever you've laid down, leave it there. And let the Lord lead you into what He has next.
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