Carving Out A Place

The Lord is carving out a place in me so that I might contain his glory. Meaning that everything must go. All compromise, all lies, all wounds from the past, all fears, and all self has to go. What a painful process?

I am dieing to myself...to my very sinful nature. Where I wouldn't think otherwise the Lord says to go low, and go lower. But the hardest part for me is receiving. I desire to be filled with his love, but my pride gets in the way of his love. It's actually my pride that prevents me from letting him love me. It comes down to still thinking that I have to "do," something to get love when he just wants to give it. I keep talking about this because I don't think I am the only one that struggles with this. Letting God love me is a recurrent theme. It also comes down to a lack of trust which stems from something else that I won't go into now. But I know he longs to fill me and that he is good. His leadership is perfect and he will shepherd me in the just the right way that I can understand and receive his love for me. See he knows my frame and how it works. He knows my mind and my heart-he created them. So he will do exactly what needs to be done to guide me in wisdom and revelation of his love.

All that to say I have to let him love me so that I can love him in return and be transformed into his image.
"I will let you love me
I will let you wash my feet
I will let you serve me
For it sets me free
and it causes me to love you in return"

Psalm 34:5 "Those who look to him are radiant; their faces are never covered with shame." I love this verse because I feel like that is what is happening through this process.