She comes running out of the bathroom as she just finished her bath at " Papa's house" with her big brown eyes, chubby cheeks and dark crazy hair that sticks up everywhere! Imagine the cutest lil' thing you've ever set your eyes on... yep! That's my sweet niece...that I am deeply obsessed with!
Her mama sees her running and says "girl! you've got some lion hair goin' on!
Papa (our dad) then scoops my niece up and holds her tightly saying "At Papa's house, you can let your hair loose. You can be you and it is all good. No bows or dresses required. You are who I want you to be."
When my sister was telling me this story, so simple and could have easily been missed...our hearts welled up and tears streamed our faces... "isn't this so true of God?" we said.
"How all God wants from us is us. Nothing more and nothing less."
We don't have to get all "dolled up" to be with him... He just wants us to respond to His invitation as we see how desperate we truly are for Him.
Many places along my journey I have struggled and struggle with this need for perfection. Whether it being my appearance or in relationships, or a role I have in life...and if I don't meet these expectations then I feel that I have failed myself or others. This need for perfection funnels into my relationship with God..these lies of perfection build this prison around my heart that keeps me form truly experiencing the Truth. The Truth that screams FREEDOM which only rests in the presence of our Savior. My journey continues as I have "tasted and seen"... and this is where I want to be all the days of my life.
In our "Father's House" we can let our hair loose. No bows or dresses required. All He wants from us is simply, all of us."
*thanks sis for sharing with me this sweet moment.
LOVE this. SUCH a sweet reminder of His Goodness and Love for us...
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