[ You must increase ]

I just finished To Own a Dragon. If you are looking for a good read, check it out.

Miller makes a pretty simple but really remarkable observation about the parable of the prodigal son in one his final chapters:

"[God] did not leave because He was fed up with us. Nor did He slowly fade from our lives because He found something better to occupy his interest. It is the human race He cares about, every one of us who walked away from our Maker. In Jesus' words, He is like the anxious Father of the prodigal son, longing for us to return. Not because He is some emotionally weak God who needs affirmation from His creation, but because He so thoroughly loves us. And when we don't return, He is like the Great Shepherd of our souls who goes out seeking us, even the one lost sheep." -To Own a Dragon pp. 183-4

Miller's reflections, along with some reading in Philippians and Romans, hit home this evening.

Really, it is very amazing to me that God's love is more encompassing and powerful than I can comprehend, and that He, who loves us that completely, desires to move and work in our lives.

This is very real to me tonight. There are definitely times when we are so thirsty and the presence of God is so tangible that we simply must go and be immersed. Go and drink of the living water -- go and be quenched by the thorough, deep love of Jesus Christ.

More to come.

Keep seeking Him.

-Jessie

where God's love is,
there is no fear, because God's
perfect love drives out fear.
1 John 4:18