Divine Attachment
Attachment.
This one word has defined my life.
The dictionary puts it this way
"an enduring emotional bond that develops between one adult and another in an intimate relationship" (Dictionary.com)
At the age of five my parents got separated. Those five years that I spent with both of them were the most beautiful years of my life. I got to feel what it was like being attached to my parents. That made me feel secure.
The memory of me turning five years old has always stayed fresh in my mind, perhaps because it was the time where my world as a little girl was completely turned around. I had finished graduating kindergarten when I found out my mom had left.
My greatest attachment left. - I was told she had a abandoned me.
Almost five years passed without talking or seeing my mom. The attachment was no longer there. I no longer knew who she was & she did not know who I was. She did not know my favorite food or anything I liked.
When I was living in Mexico and turned thirteen, My mom convinced me of coming to the united States to study. Which made me detach from my dad & all my family whom I haven't seen them in almost eight years.
I soon realized how all these circumstances in my life made me develop attachment issues or an attachment disorder.
I no longer had the ability to attach to people without insecurities without fearing abandonment of shame. It was hard for me to healthily attach to a friend.
When I was introduced to Jesus almost five years ago. The first thought that resonated in my head was:
How on earth am I going to attach with someone invisible?
How can I talk to someone that I can't see, feel or he would talk to me back?
How can I have a real attachment with the invisible?
Yet, in the process of developing this attachment. God showed me & made me understand that this kind of attachment is divine. It's like no other.
This attachment means everything.
To cling more to what we can't see and have this supernatural trust that the invisible is sustaining you.
After seeing Jesus resurrected Mary Magdalene wanted her devotion to Jesus to go back as it was before but it had changed.
Jesus tells Mary Magdalene:
"Don't cling to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. Go to my brothers and tell them 'I ascend to my Father and your Father, my God and your God" (John 20:17 MSG)
Mary Magdalene wanted to attach herself to Jesus but Jesus wanted her to attach not to what is seen, the earthly but the invisible-
the divine.
Jesus wanted her to have faith to step into the unseen to daily depend not by sight but by faith.
trusting &
obeying. over & over.
After a long refining process I had understood that is the divine that has never left me. That I can have more security in the invisible than the earthly & that the divine has the ability & beyond to love me despite everything. This is where out of love I began a beautiful relationship that started by loving the divine.
"God cannot be known, You can only know Him by loving Him"
"The person who refuses to love doesn't know the first thing about God, because God is love - so you can't know him if you don't love" 1 John 4:8 (MSG)
“To be loved but not known is comforting but superficial. To be known and not loved is our greatest fear. But to be fully known and truly loved is, well, a lot like being loved by God. It is what we need more than anything. It liberates us from pretense, humbles us out of our self-righteousness, and fortifies us for any difficulty life can throw at us.”
― Timothy Keller, The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God
“Real love, the Bible says, instinctively desires permanence.”
― Timothy Keller, The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God.
"Daughter, this attachment it's more intimate than anything you could possibly imagine"
This one word has defined my life.
The dictionary puts it this way
"an enduring emotional bond that develops between one adult and another in an intimate relationship" (Dictionary.com)
At the age of five my parents got separated. Those five years that I spent with both of them were the most beautiful years of my life. I got to feel what it was like being attached to my parents. That made me feel secure.
The memory of me turning five years old has always stayed fresh in my mind, perhaps because it was the time where my world as a little girl was completely turned around. I had finished graduating kindergarten when I found out my mom had left.
My greatest attachment left. - I was told she had a abandoned me.
Almost five years passed without talking or seeing my mom. The attachment was no longer there. I no longer knew who she was & she did not know who I was. She did not know my favorite food or anything I liked.
When I was living in Mexico and turned thirteen, My mom convinced me of coming to the united States to study. Which made me detach from my dad & all my family whom I haven't seen them in almost eight years.
I soon realized how all these circumstances in my life made me develop attachment issues or an attachment disorder.
I no longer had the ability to attach to people without insecurities without fearing abandonment of shame. It was hard for me to healthily attach to a friend.
When I was introduced to Jesus almost five years ago. The first thought that resonated in my head was:
How on earth am I going to attach with someone invisible?
How can I talk to someone that I can't see, feel or he would talk to me back?
How can I have a real attachment with the invisible?
Yet, in the process of developing this attachment. God showed me & made me understand that this kind of attachment is divine. It's like no other.
This attachment means everything.
To cling more to what we can't see and have this supernatural trust that the invisible is sustaining you.
After seeing Jesus resurrected Mary Magdalene wanted her devotion to Jesus to go back as it was before but it had changed.
Jesus tells Mary Magdalene:
"Don't cling to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. Go to my brothers and tell them 'I ascend to my Father and your Father, my God and your God" (John 20:17 MSG)
Mary Magdalene wanted to attach herself to Jesus but Jesus wanted her to attach not to what is seen, the earthly but the invisible-
the divine.
Jesus wanted her to have faith to step into the unseen to daily depend not by sight but by faith.
trusting &
obeying. over & over.
After a long refining process I had understood that is the divine that has never left me. That I can have more security in the invisible than the earthly & that the divine has the ability & beyond to love me despite everything. This is where out of love I began a beautiful relationship that started by loving the divine.
"God cannot be known, You can only know Him by loving Him"
"The person who refuses to love doesn't know the first thing about God, because God is love - so you can't know him if you don't love" 1 John 4:8 (MSG)
“To be loved but not known is comforting but superficial. To be known and not loved is our greatest fear. But to be fully known and truly loved is, well, a lot like being loved by God. It is what we need more than anything. It liberates us from pretense, humbles us out of our self-righteousness, and fortifies us for any difficulty life can throw at us.”
― Timothy Keller, The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God
“Real love, the Bible says, instinctively desires permanence.”
― Timothy Keller, The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God.
"Daughter, this attachment it's more intimate than anything you could possibly imagine"
"But for me, it is good to be near God; I have made the Lord my refuge, that I may tell of all Your works." psalm 73:28
This was an incredible and insightful blog. Jesus said to let the kids come to Him for theirs is the Kingdom of God. To be like a kid, is to attach and cling to our heavenly father. That attachment gives us freedom to explore, take risks, and make mistakes (just as kids would), and yet know that God's love for us is unchanging. Therefore, a secure attachment with God is what really fosters growth and maturity (spiritually, emotionally, and intellectually) in our lives. I'm so grateful for your growth and commitment to detach from the seen in order to intimately attach to the unseen.
ReplyDeleteWow! This words are amazing. You have no idea how this small paragraph ministered into my life! Thank you so much for this. I loved the part of a relationship where we are allowed to make mistakes like little kids but that's where grace takes its role & we still have that relationship with Our Heavenly Father.
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