When God thought you up, it was a good day

Dec 3

Written By Mavis Moon

When God thought you up, it was a good day,

a lovely dream realized in God’s imagination,

a celebration from before you were born.

You were made out of God’s overflowing love,

in who you were, and are, and would become.

God saw it all, from way before the beginning, ‘til way past the end.

And saw that it was good.

This one, God said, this one I love.

I delight in the beauty, and the promise,

the wonder and the glory that is this one whom I have made.

And my gaze is ever upon them,

constant, and warm like the sun at golden hour,

gentle as starlight, transforming and continuing,

calling forth all the growing, all the becoming that is to be done.

Remember this truth:

You were made by love, for love, to love.

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I read this blessing today, and that first line made me smile. I wanted to share the happiness.

Longtime readers of my stuff know I love Kate Bowler. This blessing is in an Advent booklet she is sharing for free for anyone who would like it.

Mavis Moon

They can’t both be true. But they are.