0525 我才是定义你的那一位
我没有弃绝你。当别人丢弃你、伤害你时，我却将你拉近。我希望你明白你是谁，以及我是如何看待你的。你的价值并不是由别人所说的话来定义的。当那些自以为重要的人向我吐唾沫、辱骂我、将我钉在十字架上时，我的身份并没有改变。你的身份也不是建立在任何人的看法之上；而是扎根于我的真理之中。
我在你身上看到了伟大的潜力——这并非指那些受人追捧、赢得掌声的伟大，而是那份从天上来的真实价值和尊荣。要行在尊荣、怜悯与正直中，好叫你时刻记得，你在我里面的真实身份。单单因为我爱你而专注于讨我的喜悦，那么当你夜晚安睡时，平安就会取代眼泪。你是我荣耀的器皿；你是美丽的；你是勇敢的；你是被爱的；你是无所畏惧的；你是我的珍宝；你是我所渴望的。没有任何事——绝对没有任何事——能够使你与我的爱隔绝。
无论是天上的、地下的，还是宇宙间任何可被发现的力量，都绝不能使我们与上帝炽热的爱隔绝；这爱，已藉着我们的主耶稣——那位受膏者，慷慨地倾注在我们身上！——罗马书 8:39
0525 I am the one who defines you.
I have not rejected you. When others cast you aside and wound you, I draw you close. I long for you to understand who you are and how I see you. Your worth is not defined by the words of others. When those of seeming importance spat at me, called me names, and crucified me, my identity did not change. Your identity is not established on anyone’s opinion of you. It is rooted in my truth.
I see within you the capacity for greatness—not the greatness that is necessarily admired and applauded by others, but the true importance and dignity that comes from heaven. Seek to walk in the honor, compassion, and integrity that reminds you who you are in me. Aim to please me, simply because I love you, and peace will replace tears when you lay your head to rest at night.
You are a vessel of my glory. You are beautiful. You are brave. You are loved. You are fearless. You are my treasure. You are wanted. And nothing-absolutely nothing-can separate you from my love. There is no power above us or beneath us— no power that could ever be found in the universe that can distance us from God’s passionate love, which is lavished upon us through our Lord Jesus, the Anointed One! — ROMANS 8:39