A few years ago, I spent some time with a Christian counselor and he gave me a book to read, “Anatomy of the Soul,” by Curt Thompson, MD. In Thompson’s book, he includes an exercise on “Feeling God’s Delight” based on the following passage from Zephaniah:
“The Lord your God is with you, the Mighty Warrior who saves. He will take great delight in you; in his love he will no longer rebuke you, but will rejoice over you with singing.” Zephaniah 3:17
The exercise was to imagine, “the best that you can, being in God’s presence while he is feeling delighted to be with you, while he is quieting you and rejoicing in your presence. Imagine God singing about you. We often consider how we should feel when in God’s presence. But have you ever imagined how he feels in yours?"
This was huge for me, to reflect on God’s delight in me, love for me, and his literal “jump for joy” over me!
A few years ago, I spent some time with a Christian counselor and he gave me a book to read, “Anatomy of the Soul,” by Curt Thompson, MD. In Thompson’s book, he includes an exercise on “Feeling God’s Delight” based on the following passage from Zephaniah:
“The Lord your God is with you, the Mighty Warrior who saves. He will take great delight in you; in his love he will no longer rebuke you, but will rejoice over you with singing.” Zephaniah 3:17
The exercise was to imagine, “the best that you can, being in God’s presence while he is feeling delighted to be with you, while he is quieting you and rejoicing in your presence. Imagine God singing about you. We often consider how we should feel when in God’s presence. But have you ever imagined how he feels in yours?"
This was huge for me, to reflect on God’s delight in me, love for me, and his literal “jump for joy” over me!
Thank you so much, Ryan. I really needed to hear this again! It was also really good to get a totally different perspective on those parables!