Pour Love On It
“Everything got started in him and finds its purpose in him. ”
That includes you, dear one. You are not an accident.
What areas of your personality, background, and physical appearance are you struggling to accept?
“Pour love on it,” God says. Pour love on that very thing.
Are you struggling to accept the way your mind works? Do you struggle with school? Depression? The way your mind works?
Speak to that very thing, and pour love on it.
In 2004, I wrote, “I struggle to accept the way my mind works.”
You see, for the longest time, I was called “ditzy” and “airheaded.” These words labeled me. I had the dubious distinction of being the valedictorian, yet also having a reputation for lacking common sense and a sense of direction. A girl in high school asked, “How can you be so smart, yet be so dumb?” Someone else said I was “the blondest redhead they’d ever met.”
Now, I love that girl.
I speak to the “airheadedness,” the “ditziness”—which I now realize were side effects of dissociation due to trauma—and I pour love on those parts of me.
I say, “Thank you, brain. You were doing the very best you could, and I love everything you did for me. You fought for me, you protected me, you defended me.”
What is that thing for you?
Something about your brain? Your body? Your personality or emotions?
Ask the Lord why it is that way. You might get some insight. For example, is there trauma associated with it? Did it develop as a defense mechanism or coping mechanism? Is there something He wants to heal?
Write a love letter to it, once you spend some time listening to the Holy Spirit. Express your gratitude for the thing you least love about yourself.
Ask the Lord what He wants to do going forward. Claim His promises. Whether it’s healing from sickness, graduating from school, deliverance from anxiety, etc. What does He want to do in you?
Remember: Every part of you deserves to have His love poured on it. The thing you like least about yourself is no exception. Because Jesus died for every part of you.
