This is an amazing book that I have been meaning to read for a couple of years. I started it - but haven't finished it. I'm only allowing myself a chapter a day so I can digest the information. I have struggled with my "self worth" for a major portion of my life {which I've blogged about here}. I am on an amazing journey to see myself for who I am. I am LOVED. Deeply!! Deeper than I've known.
{SLEEPING BEAUTY}
"This ancient fairy tale calls to men and women alike, it captures the simplicity of childlike words the deepest and dearest desire of every woman... that she might awaken from a passing nightmare and find herself forever transported by LOVE.
Imagine what it would be like to be rescued by a LOVE bigger and stronger than any of our chains, a LOVE capable of navigating the deep emotional moats surrounding your life. It is a LOVE brave enough to face off anything threatening your heart. This rescue would include an escape from dark fortresses of our own construction, far too often we are the architects of our own demise. That LOVE would break through the isolation of walls we have built to keep others at bay.
How remarkable to discover that while we waited in dark slumber, a lover, noble beyond compare, fought through every barrier with the burning desire to awaken us with a kiss.
The princes was caused to enter a deep sleep and a prince heard stories of her... there was an urgency for him to find her - it was her time to awaken.
It was a long hard journey, and his supplies did not match the length. He was repeatedly tempted with discouragement - but the prince pressed on.
Only one lone tower had managed to remain above the reach of the thorns. The prince knew in this tower she waited for him. He saw the tall thorns and had thoughts of going back but it was her whisper, faintly bidding him to come. With renewed strength the prince wielded his powerful sword and hacked through the thorns barring his entrance. With every blow... he knew he was closer to waking her and making her his own.
Her time of waiting had served her well, and she had become more beautiful in her rest.
The prince moved closer to her, still breathing hard from the battle. But when he paused at her and looked at her in her rest, she was breathtaking. The Prince was so moved he wept. Propelled by a desire that had grown deeper with his journey, he embraced her tenderly. His warm lips rested on her lifeless ones and then he straightened himself and watched for her response.
Her eyes slowly opened as she saw her prince she smiled a sweet, sleepy smile as she lifter her hand to his tear-stained cheek. When her fingers touched the trail of his tears, her own began.
She was face to face with the very one of whom she had dreamed.
The one she's never seen but always known.
At last. It was He! There was no turning back for either one of them; she had captured his heart with just a glance.
All that was before was gone; the past was but a shadow fleeing at the brightness of His love.
He had found her... bone of His bone, flesh of His flesh. She was His desire.
{we ALL want to be breathtaking}
She loved Him in a way she only dreamed possible.
It is time to awaken to His call and begin to dream again!
Periods of anticipation create greater longing and desire in each lover, and the greater the desire, the stronger the passion and more ultimate the fulfillment. The most precious things of life come at the expense of a waiting period. But they are ultimately worth it, for a longing fulfilled is a tree of life {Prov. 13:12} God's promise will always bring with it life.
Love always begins with a dream.
we must first surrender them to God.
Death and disappointment are often the greatest precursor to the fulfillment of our deepest desires.
Why would He ever deny the ultimate fulfillment of the dreams He placed in us?
It is time to rest and dream God's dream for you.
God is faithful to fulfill His promise and asks only that we trust His love and His dream for us. We must awaken from hopeless, oppressive slumber and rest in His promises."
THANK YOU LISA BEVERE!
Thank you for your insight and your call to pursue the greatest LOVE of all. To turn to God and let Him pursue me and accept His unfailing, unconditional LOVE.
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