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RADICAL LOVE

Help me to love You as You deserve. By your grace, let every part of
me be yielded to your Spirit- even the dark, hidden places of my
heart.

I love You, Jesus, but I desire to love and know You more.

This is my heartfelt desire and earnest cry to you today and every
day.

Hear me, I pray, and grant me my heart’s desire- to love you more
dearly, follow you more nearly, and live for you more steadfastly
day by day. Amen

In verse 5, we hear the Shulamite say in the same breath that she is

dark, yet lovely. How can this be? The answer, of course, lies in the
amazing truth that, as born-again believers, we are the righteousness of

Christ. Because of the sacrificial gift of Jesus on the cross, we are made
right with God and are therefore lovely, accepted, and totally reconciled

to Him.

The words from Hebrews 10:12–14 (NIV) never fail to encourage me

when I am aware of the dark Adamic nature trying to resurrect itself:

“But when this priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, he
sat down at the right hand of God, and since that time he waits for his

enemies to be made his footstool. For by one sacrifice, he has made
perfect forever those who are being holy.”

The closer to the brightness of His light we venture, the more aware we

become of His purity and our flaws (darkness), because love and

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