His Beloved!

This past weekend I went on a retreat and it was great. We went up to the Blue Ridge mountains and I was so content. I loved it. I was so amazed by these few verses that our leader gave us for our time..
"You will live in joy and peace. The mountains will burst into song, and the trees of the field will clap their hands."  Isaiah 55:12
" But blessed are those who trust in the Lord and have made the Lord their hope and confidence. They are like trees planted along a riverbank with roots that reach deep into the water. Such trees are not bothered by the heat or worried by long months of drought. Their leaves stay green and they never stop producing fruit."
Jeremiah 17:7-8
"As the deer longs for streams of water, so I long for you O God. I thirst for God, the living God. When can I go stand before Him?"
Psalm 42:1-2

They hit and overwhelmed me. First, I was talking to my roommate just earlier how my walk with the Lord has been changing and how I get so content and confident in prayer now, that I used to be like that with scripture. And I still am just now, I turn more to prayer and reliance on that before I look for scriptures to uplift me. (Both are necessary dont get me wrong). So when I read these I was like WOAH! yeh. They screamed to me. Lately, I have been nervous/ anxious about my future. I am about to graduate and have no clue what I should do, or where to go. I do have passions that I know the Lord will use but no like for sure path to start pushing towards. And as I read Jeremiah, I was encouraged to have confidence in the Lord in Me! the LORD IN ME! That if I keep seeking the Lord, thirsting for Him (psalm 42) then I will experience peace and joy (isaiah) and how I should have CONFIDENCE that the LIVING GOd is living in Me. That I am apart of His dwelling space. Dang! ME, O God? I know I have confidence in Him, who can do All things, work ALL things out but me who is a mess up and falls short? He called me Beloved and reassured me that He shines through me. That no matter where I go with a job, without, with my passions being used or not, that  He will use me, and I will still be His, I can still reap fruit and be apart of His plan. I can still bring Him glory in the months of drought when I feel useless.
That is so great! I probably sat there overlooking the water and the mountains for hours, enjoying the time with my Father, my Lover. I was in a state of solitude, fulfillment, worship, praise, prayer. I feel so loved that He loves me in a indescribable way. After moments of alone-ness, retreat-ness. I thought I should go back to the group and fellowship.
And let me tell ya, the fellowship was great, and answered prayer! I love who the Lord shines through all of His people!  Praise Jesus that He loves us and has a plan for us! He calls us His beloved!