Luke 15:11-32 The Prodigal Son

Luke 15: 11-32

I love the story of the prodigal son. It's my favorite parable. For some reason it's been on my mind lately and I'm not completely sure why. I know I just love the concept of running to our heavenly Father filled with guilt and He just embraces us with loving arms.
As I read it again, I really feel the emphasis of celebration. Being alive is a celebration.
Okay, have you ever had that moment when it all just clicks? I just had that.
I think I've been concentrating so much on what I'm doing wrong and it's just bringing me down. I need to remember that the Lord cherishes me. He celebrates me. He celebrates every single one of us. He doesn't focus on what I'm doing wrong, He just wants me to be happy and live my life happily. We have the most gracious God. It's insane. I still don't think I fully understand the love of our God. I can't grasp it. I want to live with love and show others love, but it just seems so impossible. I want to fully understand His love so I can be submerged in it and flood others with that love.
1 John 4:12 - No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.
I want to be made complete in His love.
God is love.

His love never fails

"You make all things work together for my good"

I've been battling in my mind why things work the way they do, why certain afflictions come into our lives and what they will bring upon us. I could go two ways: trust God or handle them myself. I have already gotten past this issue of trusting God, but how do I know what is from Him and what isn't? I want to listen to Him and I want to seek Him, but sometimes I wonder where He is. I know He's always with me, but what more can I do to be confident in Him?
He does everything for my own good. That makes me so happy. He makes me happy. I need to be happy. He is living. He has conquered! He loves me. A love that I can't really describe.
What I've realized is to get closer to Him and hearing Him is loving what He is doing. Loving His will and living it to the fullest. Trusting Him with my life means actually dying. He doesn't want me to be unhappy. He knows the future and He knows me better than anyone ever will and even better than I do.
This could go on forever, but it's as simple as this- He does things for good not for bad. He loves us more than we could ever imagine. He wants us to love Him. I feel so much comfort in this. I know I am not stuck in this body that I believe I am, but I am the new body that He is molding me to be. I don't need to worry, I just need to live. He loves us! That gives me something to smile about. :)