Love the Lord your God with ALL your Heart, ALL your Soul, and ALL your Strength! (Deut. 6:5)

In Reading Deuteronomy chapter 6 today I felt the Holy Spirit come over me and my Heart was SO Deeply Saddened!

The Greatest Command: Deuteronomy 6:5-9 States we should LOVE the Lord our God with ALL our Heart, ALL our Soul, and ALL our Strength. It goes on to say We should REPEAT these words to Our Children. We should Talk about these words when we sit in our house, when we walk along the road, when we lie down, and when we get up. Ultimately these words should be Carried with us EVERYWHERE we go!

Well....it became apparent to me that the world is Lacking the GREATEST Command, and it Truly Saddens my heart because ALOT of people genuinely just Don't know!! I was one of those people who didn't know! I mean...I Knew "of" God my whole Life, but I never actually "Knew" Him.....And Theres a HUGE Difference in Knowing "of" someone, and actually "Knowing" them!

So, I knew all the basics like "God is our Creator", "He sent His one and Only Son Jesus to Save us" , and we should Always Pray and repent for our sins...BUT I never Once had anyone in my Life Share with me to Actually Seek God First and to Love Him with ALL my Heart, ALL my Soul, and ALL my Strength!

I was never told you Should Seek HIM and Build an ACTUAL Relationship with Him, and that He will actually Speak to you and guide you through life.

I was never told to Lean on Him and He WILL be your Strength to get you through all those Hard times that we inevitably go through in this life.

I was never told to give Him ALL your burdens, and He WILL give you Rest!

I was never told He Is Always there for you and will NEVER leave your Side.

I struggled in this life for 30-some-odd years with Depression due to abuse and abandonment issues.... which led to me eventually suffering with Anxiety and Panic Attacks that even led me to the ER thinking I was having a full-blown heart attack. I turned mainly to alcohol and pills, but I even resorted to a few drugs earlier in life to try and help me cope....But those were all "Band-Aids". They were just temporary fixes that really only helped me to feel a little better in the moment and were in turn destroying my body in the process. It wasn't till I was in my mid 30's when I went and seen a new family Dr. to try and get some more Depression pills that I was finally slapped in the Face with some Real Truth! The Dr. Straight up told me to try getting some natural sunlight and TRY to Find a Church to plug into and FIND Jesus!

I remember walking out of the Dr's office thinking he was absolutely Crazy! I even called my Nana and was like "Can you believe the Dr. told me Sunlight and Jesus would help me with this depression?!"

Let me just Say....IM EATING THOSE Words Now!!! SUNLIGHT and JESUS is TRULY ALL YOU NEED!!!!

I have not gone back to any substance in about 7 years now!!!

Thats Not to say that depression or anxiety hasn't tried to sneak back up on me.... because they have, but I KNOW the Source that Shuts them down Real Quick! I find Peace and Comfort in Our Lord and Savior, and as soon as I feel them coming on, I immediately find a quiet place, and I PRAY, and just talk to Him til I calm down or find rest!!

Abba has really opened my eyes to So much and has shown me that even when I was So deep in the "Wilderness" and couldn't Actually see Him (because I was Not seeking and leaning on HIM) He was STILL ALWAYS there!!

I Couldn't see Him in those moments in the "wilderness" (struggles) because I was Blinded due to the fact that I grew up Never Truly being taught to SEEK Him....to actually get to KNOW Him...and to LOVE Him!!

SO, the point is Speak His Name and His Love ....Speak Deuteronomy 6:5 EVERY SINGLE Day to Any and Everyone you Can....because You NEVER Know who may be "blinded", lost in the "Wilderness" and needs to Hear it!!

🩷 Jesus Loves you and I do too!!!