Tonight I was sitting here and just chatting with God about this and that. Then He showed me the most amazing vision…

He took me to my prepared place… my home in eternity that He has prepared for me. I talk often about it throughout my book series… but in this vision He said, “I want to show you something new.” And He showed me that on every door in my prepared place He has painted scenes from my life. These scenes were all of Him and I spending time together here and there. They were beautifully perfect. The brush strokes of each painting on the wooden doors were gentle and painted with such care and love. I looked at each one and what really struck me was the detail of those moments… perfectly captured. I remember some of the moments I saw and some I knew would come later in my life. None of them were wildly spiritual or of me in ministry or anything we here on earth consider significant. They were moments where it was just Him and I sharing a quiet time together.

As I was thinking about this vision… of all the painted doors in my prepared place… I realized that what He treasures most is just the time He and I spend together… the quiet moments no one else sees. There were no paintings of me preaching or of me writing book or of me praying… no… just paintings of Him and I sitting and talking or looking out at a beautiful part of His creation side by side.

I’ve often wondered what He thought of when He thinks of me. What does God think when He thinks about me? Well… now I have a little bit better understanding of that. He just simply thinks of me. Of the moments we share. Of our quiet conversations when no one else is around. He treasures me… not for what I do for Him… but for who I am with Him.

Whatever else He speaks to you within the pages of my writings… I hope that you see His heart more clearly… I hope you see His love for you more clearly… I hope you get a small glimpse of the God I know and love and serve.

Perhaps it’s time we all step back from our busy lives and take a few moments to just sit quietly with Him. To let His love pour over us. To be still and know that He is God. And to fully understand His love for us.