chaoticsoul

// Thursday, February 21, 2008 // 9:47 AM // Atlanta Bread Company //

I’ve started a new book, and in the first 10 pages it’s already ripping me a new one. I’m currently reading about 5 books, so I really shouldn’t start a new one, but man, it’s good.

So here’s the quote that just slammed into my heart. It’s a quote from Richard Foster:

“Today the heart of God is an open wound of love. He aches over our distance and preoccupation. He mourns that we do not draw near to him. He grieves that we have forgotten him. He weeps over our obsession with muchness and manyness. He longs for our presence.”

Wow. Does God really feel that way about me? If so, it changes so much. I’m an empathetic guy, which just means I have a strange gift for physically feeling the emotions of others around me. When a friend is happy, I feel their joy to some extent. When I see a certain commercial, I’ll get emotional. When I see Extreme Home Makeover, I lose it.

And this does the same thing to me, somehow for the first time I’m feeling these things and wondering if that’s really how God feels… about me. Wow. That’s powerful for me today. Maybe that’s the key to becoming free from self-absorption and misplaced worth. Maybe.