Book Excerpt: An Ocean, Not a Precipice

Take me with you, and we'll run away; be my king and take me to your room. We will be happy together, drink deep, and lose ourselves in love…~ Song of Songs 1:4 GNT

My love is a bottomless ocean you may swim in, not a precipice you must stand on. The idea that you must precariously balance upon life to keep from falling out of my affection does not come from me. I invite you further into the depths of love. I do not breed fear by telling you that you may somehow miss it.

No, there is no missing my all-consuming love once your eyes are opened to it. If I led you to the beach, would you miss the ocean? How could you? For you would see it stretch seemingly endless before you. It would be impossible to miss.

My love is so vast you can get lost in it, beloved. You can lose yourself and your own ambitions, you can lose your disappointments and your fears. The sweetness and happiness to be found in me drowns out guilt and regret.

My delight in you is not narrow. I will not constrict you into a tiny mold of perfection, but I will coax the personality I've placed within you into its full, sanctified expression. I will show you how to be the freest you that you can be...