some good old fashioned soul weaning.

i'm ever-increasingly astonished at the beauty of our Lord's activity in each of our lives.
what a redeemer and restorer He truly is. I've found Him to be quite obsessed with redemption and restoration, really.

it floors me how kind it is of Him to lead each of our lives on a unique path with Himself.
no two humans will ever walk the exact same path from start to finish with this Creator. and that's just a stunningly beautiful picture of His amazing jealousy for each of us i think... He alone gets to share it ALL with each of us. daaaang...
and He's so jealous for the unique treasures and beauties He has placed within each of His beloved humans.

i especially have grown fond of His wisdom and kindness in the realm of leading each of our souls into being "weaned" unto Him alone [ psalm 131.2]. i've seen His handiwork over and over again in this realm- in my life and in the lives of the ones i love most.
He has a neato way of leading us each through various seasons...and each season seems to have it's own unique areas of further soul-weaning that happen.

WEAN 1 |wēn|
verb [ trans. ]
accustom (an infant or other young mammal) to food other than its mother's milk.
• accustom (someone) to managing without something on which they have become dependent or of which they have become excessively fond...
• ( be weaned on) be strongly influenced by (something), esp. from an early age.

without a doubt we are each creatures made to worship.
we become rather 'excessively fond', easily obsessed or addicted... sometimes without even knowing it or really facing it. and it is not hard for any one of us to meditate, either. it's just a matter of WHAT or WHO we're meditating on.
we all meditate on something[s]. we just do. it's in our very nature to worship and meditate.
and it's God's extravagant kindness to free us from the lesser gods. to free each of us from our lesser thoughts/meditations.

and the real challenge in these unique-to-each-season areas of soul-weaning is to be FULLY ALIVE.
to EMBRACE wholeheartedly each area of soul-weaning and to not try to numb it. or escape it. or deny it. or delay it.
to stubbornly grab hold of His hand and refuse to ever let go or wander off in the slightest.
to LET the Spirit bring things to the surface of our souls- in His ways, in His timing.

so whether each of us seems to be in a season of mostly ease or enjoyment; or whether our hearts feel as though they are in a sprint and loosing steam fast, being stretched and challenged...we know all we really need to know to keep us going:
He is GOOOOD.
and He is RIGHT HERE with us.
oh me oh my.
to be fully alive is His inheritance for us.
and that means being fully, utterly, completely alive in every moment of every day.

because He. is. HERE.
and without a doubt, without so much as a single doubt...He is the most deserving, satisfying, fun Person to be weaned unto :)