R.A.D.I.C.A.L. Thoughts for R.A.D.I.C.A.L. Women
“Through all relationships we keep hoping we’ll be fully met by someone fabulous.”
SARK – Succulent Wild Women
I usually start my days by reading messages sent to me by RADICAL Women. And then I read the comments that are going on in the RadicalWomenNetwork forum. And last night I facilitated a RADICAL Women Support Group. Through all of that, I see hurting, wondering, but strong women who are determined to rise above all the ugliness, and who are learning to rebuild a better-than-ever life! Through the pain and the hurt, I can still see determination and confidence and even joy and a new faith in the good to come. This morning I had SARK’s book on my desk, and I came across the quote above. And you know what my immediate thought was? We have all been fully met by someone fabulous already! That’s it! We have already been met by the Holy God of the Universe and he fully understands us and fully loves us and fully accepts us and cherishes us and without doubt is working out his perfect plan for our lives. I know for those who don’t believe in God, this doesn’t make sense. But for any of us who have truly experienced God, he jumped out at me from SARK’s statement this morning!!! We have been, we are, and we will be fully met by someone fabulous! GOD himself! I know you’re thinking, “But I want someone fabulous with skin on! Someone who can hold me and walk with me and laugh with me and surprise me with gifts that say how much he loves me.” I think our earthly relationships will not be what they should be until we realize that God is really the “someone fabulous” that we all desire and yearn for. Understanding that he is that reality makes all of life have new meaning. Our relationship with him allows us to put all of our human relationships in proper perspective. We cannot put our trust in other people to always do the right thing, or to never disappoint us, or to be the person we need in every circumstance. No one can truly be that to another person. Only God can be that presence with whom we are, and forever will be, fully met. That realization takes the pressure off all of our other relationships. That gives us the ability to recognize all of our other relationships as secondary to our relationship with God. That gives us the power to be bold and joyful and to stand up for what’s right and to not be defeated by anyone or anything. In fact we gain a sense of invincibility and indestructibility. Every circumstance in our life suddenly becomes part of being fully met by God himself, and nothing is more fabulous than that.
Casting the whole of your care (that means all your anxieties, all your worries, all your concerns, once and for all) on Him, for He cares for you affectionately and cares about you watchfully. 1 Peter 5:7 (AMP)
