Lovin'... In spirit and in truth

So I've been meditating on God's love for us recently... well, more specifically his love for me, which is always exceedingly difficult for me to accept. I'm not sure why, but it is super hard for me to comprehend unconditional love on the scale of the Almighty. I feel unworthy and pathetic a lot. Jesus has to constantly remind me that I am worthy in HIM, and that Him in me is what gives me significance.

One passage that I have been coming back to recently is the Woman at the Well in John 4. I read it in The Message version this week. Jesus bluntly speaks truth to the woman without rejecting her... She could sense his love, his acceptance. Even the fact that he was talking to her at all was unbelievable. She started nitpicking about theology and other disagreements between Jews and Samaritans. And Jesus simply replied:

"It's who you are and the way you live that count before God. Your worship must engage your spirit in the pursuit of truth. That's the kind of people the Father is out looking for: those who are simply and honestly themselves before him in their worship. God is sheer being itself - Spirit. Those who worship him must do it out of their very being, their spirits, their true selves, in adoration."

So my lovely friends... thank you for living here in Korea with me. Thank you for helping teach me how to live out of my true spirit, before the Lord honestly. As we enter this season of Lent... I hope each of you find ways to live more simply and more "out of your very being" as you worship Him!