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Abiding in His Love

  • Amy Mullens
  • February 15, 2022
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My 13-year-old daughter recently started coming up to me in the middle of a day and just saying, “Hi.”

My response? “What?” As in, “What do you want?”

“I don’t want anything, Mom. I was just saying ‘Hi’. Do you want to be with me?” is her answer.

As a mother of four, I have grown accustomed to my children constantly wanting or needing something. My role is the source of meeting those requests. My sweet daughter is after relationship.

I often assume the same posture when it comes to God. As a doer, I feel the Holy Spirit drawing me and my response is: “What do You want?”

“Abide in my love,” He says (John 15:9).

Being available to serve God is sometimes what He is calling us to do, however many times, He is instead drawing you and me into a love relationship with Himself.

Will you choose to ‘abide‘?

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Amy Mullens

Amy and her husband are church planters in England. Originally from Pennsylvania, she experienced in a deep way what it means to live as a pilgrim when she recently adjusted to ex-pat life and settled her children (16, 14, 11 and 5) into a new culture. She is addicted to seeing Jesus change people’s lives and loves nothing better than to walk with them through His Word whether that be in a small group, her writing or over coffee. Exploring the English countryside, getting lost in a book and catching up with an old friend are among her favorite things. You can find her at amymullens.com or on Instagram.

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