Journal entry February 24, 2026

You have patiently suffered for Me without quitting. But I have this complaint against you. You don't love Me or each other as you did at first! Revelation 2:3-4

Heavenly Father I think of the statement "familiarity breeds contempt". Enduring hardship for Your sake, suffering for You without giving up. Fighting for something that's worth hanging onto are all great things in and of themselves. I get that. I know remaining firm in our faith to the end, enduring all things is honorable in Your sight. Yet these verses in Revelation remind me that it is not sacrifice or duty that pleases You the most.. You want intimacy. You want Your children to love You, to intimately know You and be known by You.

I think of the reminder that when you're swimming in an ocean or a body of water that has an undertow, all you have to do to drift and get into trouble, is nothing. It Reminds me that when I don't pray, when I don't read Your word, when I don't worship You with the fervent desire and intent to know You more deeply, I simply drift. Restore to me the love that I had for You when I understood Your grace, my forgiveness, and my deliverance from the penalty of my sin.

Forgive me Heavenly Father for the many times in my life when my love for You has grown cold or become distant. The times when I've let the undertow of life pull me away. May I pursue you with the vigor I began my faith journey with. May I never again settle for duty over intimacy. I love You Lord. May I always love You. Thank you for Your grace. In Jesus name AMEN.