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Day 4 \u2014 You Don\u2019t Have to Earn Staying<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Devotional<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Somewhere along the way, you learned this rule:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Love lasts only if I perform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So you became helpful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Or successful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Or agreeable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Or invisible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hear Me clearly now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I do not stay because you do well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I stay because I choose you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You cannot impress Me into remaining.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And you cannot disappoint Me into leaving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I do not withdraw when you struggle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I do not pull away when you rest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Belonging was never something you earned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was something I gave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You don\u2019t have to audition here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You don\u2019t have to prove your value.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, just notice this question\u2014no pressure to answer it:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What would it feel like to stop trying to earn what has already been given?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scripture for Today<\/h3>\n\n\n\n