Meditations from the heart

For I want to remind you that when we told you about the power and coming of our Lord Jesus the Anointed, we were relying on what our eyes had seen of His glorious majesty, not on cleverly told fables. 17 You see, God the Father lavished honor and glory upon Jesus when the voice of the Majestic Glory echoed from heaven and said, “This is My beloved Son, and My favor rests on Him.”[a] 18 We witnessed this—we ourselves heard this voice from heaven—when we were with Jesus on that holy mountain. 19 We have a fuller confirmation of the message of the prophets. You would do well to pay close attention to this word; it is like a light that shines for you in the darkness of night until the day dawns when the morning star rises in your own hearts.~ 2 Peter 1:16-21

I want you to think of your favorite person. Put them in your mind and hold them up close in your heart. We all have them even if we don’t want to admit it. Once in a while we meet someone and the connection is instant. We feel like we’ve known them forever and we just can’t explain it. You can talk for hours. They make you laugh and time just passes so quickly when they are near. You feel like kindred spirits and you just get each other. They are your favorite person. Think about what makes them your favorite person. Are they vivacious? Funny? Thoughtful? Infectious? These are just some of the qualities of one of my favorite people. My favorite person is my work bestie Yvonne. When we first met it was instant and immediately she became one of my favorite people to see. Whenever I saw her my day was instantly better. She made me laugh and the best of me just seemed to pour out whenever I saw her. I don’t know what it was but I believe it was God. Before I met Yvonne I had just come out of a lonely season. I had just moved from my hometown and relocated. For years I felt I just couldn’t connect with anyone. I prayed for years God send me a friend so when I met Yvonne I knew God had sent me a friend.

Now I want you to think about this. Did you know that you are Gods favorite person? Did you know that God holds you close to His heart? That He feels warm and happy inside when He thinks of you. That time passes so quickly when you are near to Him. And when He sees you it makes His day. Did you know that all those qualities you don’t like about yourself God adores. In His eyes you can do no wrong because you are His favorite person.

We are so hard on ourselves and we just imagine how God could see the best in us. Maybe it’s time to refreshen our hearts and minds and start to see ourselves the way our creator sees us. The only true and real way through the eyes of love. 2 Peter 1:17 says “You see, God the Father lavished honor and glory upon Jesus when the voice of the Majestic Glory echoed from heaven and said, “This is My beloved Son and My favor rests on Him.” Just as God the Father said to Jesus this is My beloved son. So He says to you “This is my beloved daughter. You are His beloved daughter. Say it out loud. I am His beloved daughter. Keep saying it over and over till you believe it. Till you feel it. Because it is true and real. And just as God the Father said to Jesus “My favor rests on Him. He also says to you “My favor rests on you.

You are His favorite. Say it out loud “I am His favorite. Hold it close. Feel it. Know it. Be it. Pay close attention to this word. For when you have your aha moment and you feel it deep inside it will be a light to all the darkness you once believed about yourself. Once you do. This light will awaken within you a true light that will never go out. It will rise up in your heart and you will realize all that you believed before was never true. That you are loved. You are accepted exactly as you are. And that is a word worth believing in.