Please read the following lyrics from the song called Pieces by Bethel:
Unreserved, unrestrained
Your love is wild
Your love is wild for me
It isn't shy, it's unashamed
Your love is proud
To be seen with me
'Cause You don't give Your heart in pieces
You don't hide Yourself to tease us
Uncontrolled, uncontained
Your love is a fire
Burning bright for me
It's not a spark
It's not just a flame
Your love is a light
That all the world will see
All the world will see
That You don't give Your heart in pieces
You don't hide Yourself to tease us, no
You don't give Your heart in pieces, no
And You don't hide Yourself to tease us
Your love's not fractured
It's not a troubled mind
It isn't anxious
It's not the restless kind
Your love's not passive
It's never disengaged
It's always present
It hangs on every word we say
Love keeps its promises
It keeps its word
It honors what's sacred
'Cause its vows are good
Your love's not broken
It's not insecure
Your love's not selfish
Your love is pure
You don't give Your heart in pieces
And You don't hide Yourself to tease us
You don't give Your heart in pieces
'Cause You don't hide Yourself to tease us
You don't give Your heart in pieces
Do you read this song as a love letter from God?
I meditated on the words from this song one day, and I was amazed and inflated by how relentless God’s love is for me. I was flattered, humbled, and seen all at the same time.
God paused me, and I heard this:
Treat this song not just as a love song from Me rather your love song to the world.
The words I heard from God tore me into a holy brokeness.
I listened to the song with new ears, and my heart began to break. Images of people that I deemed unloveable began to flood.
God is calling us to redeem this world with love, most fierce.
We are called to love ourselves and others the way God loves us:
Unreserved
Unrestrained
Wild
Not shy
Unashamed
Proud to be seen with the other
Not hiding your true self from the other
Whole
Uncontrolled
Uncontained
A Fire
Not fractured
Not troubled
Not anxious
Not restless
Not passive
Not disengaged
Present
Hanging onto every word that is said
Keeping your word
Honors the sacred
Keep promises
Not broken
Not insecure
Not selfish
Pure