Nov 30, 2018 at 07:21 am

Love Him Enough...Behind The Scenes

Update posted by Marlize van der Merwe


So I wanted to sit down and explain where "Love Him Enough" originated from for me and what it means to me personally. I really just want to share my heart with you, so no fancy words, fonts , etc but just me being real.

A couple of weeks ago myself and a dear friend and sister in Yeshua was having a conversation on WhatsApp. I had just offered to babysit her little doggie so that she and her family could go away for a couple of weeks in December. I jokingly said that I should've known she needed something when she started the voice note with "my dearest sister". So later on she sent a message just saying that she loves me very much and I responded with "Ok...what do you need now....a kidney?" She responded with "no both" to which I typed "OK I love you enough" and promptly hit the send button.

And then I realized that I was completely serious because whether I live or die does not matter, my life is not my own anyway! All I have and all I am belongs to Yeshua and it is only Grace!! I had been praying for so long that I would grow in love and come to the point where I would Love Him Enough and would be willing to lay down my physical life for Him! Finally I had gotten to that point, because of His incredible mercy and grace, because of how He has made me, because I Love Him Enough. In giving my life to Him completely, not holding back but giving Him every single aspect of it, I have found true love!! In giving up my life I have received REAL life!!

A couple of years ago I was a dead woman walking, I had no hope and no future. I was speeding down a path of self destruction at 200 mph and if it wasn't for someone who had chosen to count the cost, who was complete sold out to Yahweh, who took the time to be His Hands and Feet to a broken and scared young woman, I would probably not have been here today to write this. But Yahweh had other plans for me...so now I pray that, through doing this, I will play a small part in saving the life of another broken, dying man or woman. We are not all called to go out and make disciples and minister to the nations but we can be a part of it by donating to this cause!

So for those of you reading this and thinking "I will never get there, I am not good enough, I cannot do this, I am not worthy, it's to late for me...etc etc" I want to say...DON'T BELIEVE THE LIES!! You are good enough, you can do this, you are worthy, it is NEVER to late for you! He died for you, He loved you enough to give His life, He is calling you and He is waiting! I come from a place of tremendous brokenness and pain but His grace was enough for me and under the leadership and ministry of Yosef and Aliyah who are truly sold out to Yahweh I have grown from unsure and faltering to a warrior in His Kingdom!

Sure sometimes it gets difficult, we make mistakes, we get tired but as we grow in intimacy with Him, as we count the cost and we continuously choose FOR Him and as we learn truth we get to the point where we Love Him Enough!! Not because of how awesome we are but because of how awesome He is, because of His mercy and grace, and because He Loves Us Enough!

I pray this blesses everyone that reads it!

Marlize

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