{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Daily Readings by Wild at Heart","title":"The Soul Coming Home","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":219,"description":"Today's Daily Reading is from Stasi's new book The Ladder of Love, releasing on October 6 — pre-order your copy today!\n\nWhen we turn in prayer to God for union despite our emotional state or physical circumstances, these are the times that undo the heart of the King of Heaven (Song of Songs 4:9).\nThose holy moments are as simple as a turning of your heart toward God and saying, “I long to be one with You in the midst of this painful season. I need You. I want to be one with You just as You want to be one with me. I invite You in here. Here in the middle of my pain. I love You from here.” It is by choosing to believe, no matter what, that you have been purchased by the precious blood of Jesus and that you are His prized possession, the joy of His heart, that you will find Him. Even when you can’t feel Him, He is holding on to you. \nWe need union with God. We are created for it. Union with God is the way to heal a lack of attachment, connection, and bonding. Union with God is essential belonging. It is the soul coming Home. We give ourselves to union with God every day so that we might receive the connection and belonging and nourishment that we need.\nSarah too belonged to God— even through years of not seeing, of not feeling seen, of being treated as incidental, disposable, dispensable, of failing, of falling back on her own resources, and of not trusting God. She still belonged. You still belong. No matter what.\nSarah was blessed. She is known as the Ancestress of Israel. She is called by God the mother of nations. She is referred to four more times in the Scriptures as one we should look to and emulate. She is honored and esteemed. God understood her humanity, and He understands yours.\nAs we walk through this Valley of the Shadow of Death, we too are waiting for the promise to be completely fulfilled. We are Abraham. We are Sarah. We too have been renamed. We are Sought After. We are children of God. And we are the ones living in a land not our own. Sarah and...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/Dog7Voc51okDvYDPMgVolWoX-wLHhQO8kqXgPIKiY4E/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzQwODg0LzE2ODI2/MjEyOTctYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}