This week, we step into the gentle heart of everything we’ve been practicing in Season 5 — the reality that before you ever loved God, before you even knew how to try, Love Himself formed you, held you, and named you beloved.

In this Encounter episode, you’ll slow down to notice the shapes and shadows of love that formed you growing up — the ones that taught you to protect, the ones that taught you to work for approval, and the ones that made it difficult to receive love at all.

And then… you’ll meet the Love that is entirely different.

Through Scripture, guided reflection, and a holy pause for receiving, you’ll be invited to:

• notice how your body holds what love has meant for you

• name honestly what rises

• make space for the God who formed you to hold you again

• receive His love in a way your whole being can actually take in
  

This is not about trying harder to love God. This is about finally letting yourself be loved by God, so that love becomes the life that flows from within.

Because the truth is this: Before you ever reached for God, God had already reached for you. And the love that formed you is the love that now lives in you.

Come rest. Come receive. And come discover the Love that holds you from the inside out.

Download the Week 5 Encounter Resource: https://bethanyjoyministry.substack.com/api/v1/file/2444add8-5f38-4fd2-8354-441eef3addbd.pdf?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoyNjA1ODAwNDIsInBvc3RfaWQiOjE4MTI5MDY4MiwiaWF0IjoxNzY1NDEzNjc4LCJleHAiOjE3NjgwMDU2NzgsImlzcyI6InB1Yi03MTA1NzUwIiwic3ViIjoiZmlsZS1kb3dubG9hZCJ9.wd7xF9kGprc0GuakE8GASo82FtgCW53kaWH1YPDLO9o.pdf

For the Joy,

Bethany