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One Question: What Would You Ask Jesus?

February 24, 2011 By Jean Wise

 Ice breakers!  Love  ‘em or hate ‘em – they do help to create a group spirit and build relationships. Sometimes they are fun. Other times, thought provoking.
I attended a retreat a number of years ago where the first night they had us line up in two lines facing one another. We had 60 seconds to talk to the person in front of us before a bell rang and we moved onto another person. 
We shared: If you were having lunch with Jesus, what one question would you ask Him?

I will never forget the answer I heard over and over again:
Am I doing ok?

Most people said the question with lots of hesitance and obvious self-doubt as if they weren’t doing alright, God wouldn’t love them as much.
Why is it so hard to bring the love God has for each of us from our head to our heart?

Why don’t we really believe, grasp onto and share with others this unconditional, overwhelming love?

Why can’t we accept ourselves, as imperfect as we are, as God’s children?

I watched a Chonda Pierce video last weekend where she ended her show singing a song about God’s love called “You are Beautiful to Me.” After listening to the lyrics, I thought about that retreat and the recurring question.
I couldn’t find a video to put here to share it with you but here are some of the words:
Every morning He sings over me:

You are beautiful to me

Just the way I planned

Just the way I see

You are beautiful to me.

Every hair I counted

Every tear I see

Just the way I created you to be

You are beautiful to me.

Take a moment and imagine God singing over you every morning.  He delights in just how much you mean to Him.  All He sees is His beautiful creation.
Are we ok?  In God’s heart, we are just the way He planned.  
We are more than ok.  
We are beautiful.

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  1. blankJean Wise says

    February 25, 2011 at 3:47 am

    I thought the words of that song were so great. really touched my heart and reminded me how much He loves each of us!

  2. blankPhather Phil Malmstrom says

    February 24, 2011 at 10:37 pm

    Wonderful post Jean. One of our most obvious human failings is absolutely self-doubt. Knowing we’re imperfect, it’s sometimes difficult to believe that our all-knowing, all-powerful, all-loving God would have any interest in those such as us. Thankfully, He does… He Loves us completely, including our flaws.

    Have a Blessed Day!

  3. blankDesiray says

    February 24, 2011 at 4:18 pm

    very interesting sis

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