Just Be.

Just be.

I feel like this has been the biggest lesson I've been learning over the past year.

Sure, there have been many, MANY other lessons over the year, but I absolutely think learning to just be has been the overarching theme, the one thing everything else is woven into.

It always amazes me how hard it is to simply be.

How much easier it is to have tons of things to strive for. 

How we think striving for many things is the answer, the definition of success.

How we think loving someone well couldn't possibly be enough. 

Even though Jesus explicitly said that the greatest commandment was to love God and to love your neighbor as yourself. And ALL other commandments hinge on that.

Not some.

Not most. 

All.

Every last commandment.

Every bit of what was considered so sacred.

It all works itself out.

It all boils down to love.

It's when we finally catch a glimpse of just how loved we are that we can just be.

When we realize how loved we are, we're able to let go, to let God do our contending for us.

To trust that he won't take us anywhere that isn't good for us.

When we know we are loved, we are able to love. 

And when we love those around us, we start to let go of ourselves.

We start caring less about what we want, what we "need".

And more about making sure that others know they are dearly loved, that we've got their back, .

Learning to just be, to simply love and simply live, to let go of my expectations, my security, my limited vantage points, my plans, my interpretation, my time table, to let go of me...

It's not easy.

But I won't stop.

Because losing myself means finding You.

And the less I hold onto, the more free I am.

I can literally feel myself changing.

I'm finally letting go.

If you want it 

Come and get it

Cause this love he has given you

Was never in doubt

Let go of your heart

Let go of your head

Just feel Him now

Cause I love, I love

I love your presence

Cause I love, I love

I love you,

Jesus