Beloved...

Jude 1:3 ESV

"Agapetos"

Jude is greeting his readers as dearly loved, and more.

Divinely loved.

In this one word he tells  his readers that he loves them, and, they are divinely loved. 

This is the word God used when Jesus was being baptised, my beloved son.

This word carries the weight of the universe, and it's directed today towards us.

Me.

And you.

You are beloved.

And it's a status.

A marker of our identity.

It's who we are.

Beloved.

Divinely loved.

To be loved is to be seen.

To be known

To be accepted

To belong

Beloved.

This word echoes down the centuries from Jude's pen, and it speaks from the heart of God to you this morning.

Beloved.

We can put down the heavy bags we're carrying. There's nothing to prove or to be done to be beloved. 

You're there. 

And it's who you are.

Beloved.

It's God's heart for you, and your place.

Rest in that today, breathe that in today, worship in response to that today.

Beloved.

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