monday inspiration

"i love you regardless of how well you are performing. sometimes you feel uneasy, wondering if you are doing enough to be worthy of My Love. no matter how exemplary your behavior, the answer to that question will always be no. your performance and My Love are totally different issues, which you need to sort out. I love you with an everlasting Love that flows out from eternity without limits or conditions.  I have clothed you in My robe of righteousness and this is an eternal transaction: nothing and no one can reverse it. therefore, your accomplishments as a Christian has no hearing on My Love for you. even your ability to assess how well you are doing on a given day is flawed. your limited human perspective and the condition of your body, with its mercurial variations, distort your evaluations.

bring your performance anxiety to Me, and receive in its place My unfailing Love. try to stay conscious of My loving presence with you in all that you do, and I will direct your steps."

from "Jesus Calling, April 19", by Sarah Young