REDEEMER ~ A House of Love Heart2Heart Love Ministry Moment
Are you feeling broken-hearted, abandoned, or burdened? Maybe you have known suffering, depression, grief, or sorrow. Maybe loneliness, rejection, or hopelessness have pressed so deeply into your soul that words will not come, and only tears rise to your eyes. If that is you, lean in close. Jesus—your precious Redeemer—wants to heal your heart-ache with His Love. You do not have to wait any longer. Even now, as you read this, He is near to you. He is not distant or unaware of what you are feeling. He is present, and His Love is reaching for you right where you are. You can invite Him into your heart, even into the places that hurt the most. He is holding you, He is near to you, and His healing Love is surrounding you.
Whatever you are carrying right now, you do not have to keep holding onto it. You can release it. You can place it into His hands. Scripture tells us to cast our burdens on the Lord, and that means you can give Him your anxiety, your sorrow, your fears, your sickness, your hurts, and your heart-ache. You are not meant to carry what He already carried for you. He understands what you are going through and sees it fully, even the parts you cannot put into words. Even your silent tears are understood by Him. Nothing you feel is hidden from Him, and nothing you carry is too much for Him. When you are in Jesus, His redeeming and healing Love is in you. You belong to Him. You are His precious child, and His Love is safe. His Love stays. You can lay everything down with Him right here and right now.
The Great Exchange is simple, but it is powerful. Jesus already did His part when He took on what did not belong to Him so that you could receive what you never could earn on your own. “God made Him who knew no sin to become sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.” — 2 Corinthians 5:21 Your part is to receive, to believe, and to accept what He has already done for you. He gave everything—His life, His love, and His finished work—so that you could be brought into His family and called His own. You are not forgotten, overlooked, or left out. You are chosen.
There is a promise that speaks directly to the tender places of your heart. “He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.” — Psalm 147:3 He is the One who restores, who gently repairs what has been broken, and who sees the places that feel crushed or worn down. He does not turn away from your pain. He moves toward it. He wraps His Love around it and stays with you in it. He is the One who understands your grief, your sorrow, and every hidden ache within you, and He is the One who brings healing right into those places.
Let your Redeemer love you in the places where you are grieving. I know what it feels like to carry loss. I lost my baby Heaven in 2004, and I lost my daddy in January 2017. Grief can feel like a river that never fully stops flowing through your heart. If you are grieving someone or something, you do not have to walk through it alone. Let His Love meet you there. Let Him sit with you in it and hold you in what you feel. And if you know someone who is grieving, give them space to feel. Listen to them. Let them be real without trying to fix or rush their process. Love them where they are. It is the heart of the Father to love the hurting and gently bring them back to life with His healing Love.
Your Redeemer is not finished with your story. He takes what feels broken, what feels lost, and what feels beyond repair, and He brings life out of it. Isaiah 61 reminds us that He repairs broken hearts, brings freedom, comforts those who mourn, and gives beauty instead of ashes, joy instead of sorrow, and praise instead of heaviness. He does not ignore what you have been through. He redeems it. He covers you with His righteousness, gives you a new identity, and calls you His own. You are not defined by what you have walked through. You are covered by who He is.
There is nothing about your heart that is too broken for His Love to reach. His Love meets you in your weakness and becomes your strength. His Love surrounds you, stays with you, and restores you gently and completely. You are not alone. You are not abandoned. You are not too much. You are loved, and your life is being held in His hands and turned into something meaningful, something beautiful, and something whole.
“God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” — Romans 5:8 To redeem means to pay the full price for something, and God saw you as worth everything. “You are worth everything I gave to call you My daughter, My son, My family.” — Love, Your Redeemer
Heart2Heart in His Love,
Momo Smiley
If you would like to worship along with me or share this Godsong with someone who needs this healing love, you can listen here:
Child of Love:“What is this I’m feeling…? It feels like… something inside me is being held.”
Love Himself turns toward you, His eyes warm, kind, and full of knowing.
Love Himself:“My beloved… that is Me… holding you on the inside. My love is within you, gently holding every part of your heart. I am patient with you, and I am kind toward you, because I am love.”
You sit beside Him on the deep crimson Seat of Love, and something inside you begins to soften.
His words settle deep in your heart, just like His living Word says, “Love is patient, love is kind” (1 Corinthians 13:4, NKJV).
Child of Love:“It feels… easy to be here with You.”
Love Himself:“It is safe to be with Me.”
You begin to notice your heartbeat… and then something even more beautiful happens.
Child of Love:“It feels like Your heart is so close to mine… like I can feel Your love moving inside of me.”
Love Himself gently places His hand over His heart.
Love Himself:“My love is alive within you. Nothing can come between you and My love.”
Your heart hears it, not just as words, but as truth, echoing gently within you… “Absolutely nothing can get between us and God’s love” (Romans 8:39, MSG).
Child of Love:“You really know me… don’t You?”
Love Himself:“I know every part of your heart. Even the quiet places. Even the places that have been hurt.”
You hesitate for a moment… then whisper,
Child of Love:“Those places… they don’t always feel safe with others.”
Love Himself:“I know. There are places within you that only My love can reach.”
You begin to feel it… His love moving deeper… gently… carefully… right into those hidden places.
Child of Love:“It feels like something inside me is softening…”
Love Himself:“That is My love… kind, safe, and full of understanding.”
You close your eyes for a moment, feeling His presence surrounding those tender places within you.
Child of Love:“What happens when something inside me is hurting?”
Love Himself:“I come close to that place. Just like your body sends help where it is needed… My love moves to where your heart is hurting.”
You feel it… right there… in that very place… warm… present… alive.
Child of Love:“You’re right there…”
Love Himself:“I am with you always.” (Matthew 28:20, NKJV)
This time… it doesn’t feel like something you are trying to believe.
It feels real.
You sit quietly beside Him, your heart resting.
Child of Love:“This feeling… this hug on the inside… will it go away?”
Love Himself gently turns toward you.
Love Himself:“My beloved… this is not something that comes and goes. It is Me… alive within you. I do not leave you. I am always holding you… right here.”
Something deep inside you settles into that truth.
You sit with Him a little longer, then ask,
Child of Love:“What happens when I’m with someone else… and they’re hurting?”
Love Himself:“You will feel My love rise up within you toward them. The same love you are receiving… will begin to reach them through you.”
You pause… taking that in.
Child of Love:“So… it doesn’t stop with me?”
Love Himself:“No, My beloved. My love flows. From Me… to you… and through you.”
Something awakens inside you.
Child of Love:“And through me…”
Love Himself smiles.
Love Himself:“Yes. A holy hug… given heart to heart.”
You sit there, letting it all settle…
Then you whisper one more question.
Child of Love:“Are You still holding me… even now?”
Love Himself leans close, His presence wrapping around your heart.
Love Himself:“I have never stopped.”
And right there…
You feel it again…
That gentle… warm… living… holy hug on the inside…
There’s a place inside the House of Love… a room where your heart can finally exhale. It’s called the Safe Feelings Room. And this is not a place where you are corrected, or told to be stronger, or reminded that you should be over it by now. This is not a place where you have to hide what is really going on inside of you. This is a place where you can be real.
Where every feeling is allowed to come close without being rushed, without being silenced, and without being made smaller so it’s easier for someone else to hold. You don’t have to change what you feel here. You don’t have to rename it, soften it, or dress it up. What you feel matters.
And in this room, there is a table… a prepared place. A table of love where nothing has to knock, and nothing is left outside waiting to be invited in. Every feeling… every emotion… already has a seat. Every part of your heart is already welcome.
And as you sit there, something begins to shift. What once felt overwhelming, confusing, or even a little frightening doesn’t feel the same when it is no longer hidden. Here, your feelings don’t feel like enemies. They feel like something that came carrying a message… something that has been trying to be seen, to be known, to be understood.
Fear may come and sit beside you, quietly, almost hesitant at first. And when it is finally given space to speak, you hear it say, “I wasn’t trying to control you… I was trying to protect you. I saw what hurt you before, and I didn’t want you to feel that again.” And something inside of you softens, because fear was never trying to be your enemy… it was trying to guard something tender within you.
Sorrow sits nearby, heavy but no longer hidden. And when sorrow finally lifts its eyes and speaks, it whispers, “I am here because something mattered… because something touched your heart deeply. I stayed because I didn’t want that to be forgotten.” And you begin to feel it… that sorrow is not emptiness… it is evidence that your heart has loved.
Grief sits in that deeper place at the table, the seat that feels sacred. And when grief is finally allowed to speak, it doesn’t rush. It gently says, “I carry what was precious. I hold what was loved. I am not here to take from you… I am here because love was here first.” And suddenly, that ache doesn’t feel like something to run from… it feels like something to honor.
Across the table, anger sits… not loud now, not overwhelming, just present. And when anger is finally heard without being judged, it says, “I rose up because something wasn’t right. Because something in you deserved care… respect… protection. I was trying to show you that you matter.” And instead of pushing it away, you begin to understand it.
And as each feeling is finally heard, something sacred begins to happen. The child within you, the part that once felt unseen, unheard, and misunderstood, begins to lean in, not in fear, but in recognition. Because these feelings… they were carrying pieces of your story. And now, as they speak, it’s as if those pieces are no longer scattered… they begin to come back together, not as something broken, but as something being made whole.
And there, at the table, with Love Himself present, holding the space, something even deeper unfolds. There is no tension, no pressure, no need to fix anything. Just a gentle joining, where what you felt, what you carried, what you didn’t understand before begins to come into harmony. And you realize your feelings were never trying to pull you apart… they were waiting to be brought into love. And here, in His presence, they are.
As you sit there, something settles even deeper within you. These feelings are not here to take over you. They are visitors. They may come, they may sit, they may speak, but they do not stay forever. Fear may visit, but you are not becoming fear. Sorrow may sit with you, but you are not becoming sorrow. Anger may speak, but it does not get to define who you are. You are learning something sacred here. You are learning to become Love.
And as that truth begins to rest in your heart, you realize something even more beautiful. You are not the one visiting this room. You belong here. The House of Love… this place where your heart is known… this place where nothing in you is turned away… this is your Home.
You don’t have to earn your place here. You don’t have to pretend to stay. You don’t have to hide parts of yourself to remain. You can take off the mask. You can lay down the pretending. You can be real… and still be held.
The feelings may come and go, but you remain. You have a place here… a permanent place. And even if it takes time for your heart to fully rest into that truth, Love is patient. Love is kind. Love does not fail to be love. So you will not be turned away. You will not be pushed out. You will not lose your place. Because this… is your Home.
And here in the Safe Feelings Room, nothing is rushed and nothing is rejected. Every feeling is invited to be known, gently held, and then released in its time. But you… you are the one who always belongs.
So if your heart feels full today, or tender, or unsure, come sit for a while. Let yourself feel what you feel without shrinking it, without changing it, and without hiding it. You don’t have to pretend here. You don’t have to be anything other than real. There is a place for you here. You belong here.
You are not too much. You are not wrong for feeling. You are not wrong for not feeling okay. You are being gently led back to yourself by Love… and held in Love as you do.
And if something in your heart is stirring, if something is asking to be felt or spoken or brought into the light, you don’t have to hold that alone. You can bring it to Love Himself just as you are, with no preparing, no fixing, and no getting it right.
And if your heart needs someone you can see and hear, there are safe places, safe people, where your heart can be held in that same love. And this House of Love does not end here. It continues. It lives, and breathes, and remains open to you… a place where your heart can return again and again, where you are met, where you are known, where you are loved.
And I am here too, not above you and not ahead of you, but with you. As someone who has felt deeply, walked through healing, and been met by Love in the middle of it all. What Love has done in me, what has been healed, what has been restored has been opened and shared so your heart would have a place like this too.
So if something in you feels seen here, if something in you feels understood, then maybe this space has been waiting for you… a Heart2Heart, a living, breathing House of Love where Love Himself meets you, and where you never have to walk alone. Ever 🤍
Heart2Heart in His Love,
Momo Smiley
Psalm 34:18 (NLT)
“The Lord is close to the brokenhearted; He rescues those whose spirits are crushed.”
💛 He comes closer here.
Hebrews 4:15–16 (NLT)
“He understands our weaknesses… So let us come boldly… and receive mercy and grace when we need it most.”
💛 You can come just as you are.
Psalm 62:8 (NLT)
“Pour out your heart to Him, for God is our refuge.”
💛 You can let it all out here.
Matthew 5:4 (NLT)
“God blesses those who mourn, for they will be comforted.”
💛 Your grief is held in love.
2 Corinthians 4:8–9 (NLT)
“Pressed… but not crushed… knocked down, but not destroyed.”
💛 The way you feel is not who you are.
Ecclesiastes 3:1, 4 (NLT)
“A time to cry… and a time to dance.”
💛 This is a season, not forever.
John 15:9 (NLT)
“Remain in my love.”
💛 You belong here.
Romans 8:38–39 (NLT)
“Nothing… will ever separate us from the love of God.”
💛 Your place is secure.
Isaiah 66:13 (NLT)
“I will comfort you… as a mother comforts her child.”
Inside the House of Love, there is a fire burning creating warmth, casting a warm amber glow across the room, and the deep crimson colors feel richer especially tonight, as if the room itself is holding something sacred… something tender.
You walk in a little hesitant, unsure of what to expect. You already know you are welcome, but you are also very aware of what you have been carrying and what your baggage holds inside. What you have been carrying feels so heavy, not only in weight but in your heart. That’s because your baggage is filled with shame, guilt, bad choices, fear, labels, things people have said about you, the armor you have worn to protect yourself, your mistakes, your regrets, the should haves and could haves, the things you wish were different, and even dreams that feel like they have been lost… and you have been carrying all of this for a very long time.
As you step further into the room, Love Himself sees you. He sees not only where you are, but everything you have been carrying and everything you have been through. He does not rush you or overwhelm you, and He does not ask you to explain anything. He simply comes near and sits beside you, close enough for you to feel His presence, close where you feel not only comfortable but comforted, seen, safe, and secure. For a moment, He just stays with you… heart to heart… until even the quiet begins to feel peaceful.
As you sit there with Him, something begins to rise inside your heart. It is honest and real, not polished or perfect. You can feel that He sees you, but He is not looking at what you thought He would focus on. He is not focused on your baggage or your mistakes or the things you thought would matter most. When Love Himself looks at you, it feels like all He sees is you… fully seen, fully known, and still fully loved… and that feels unfamiliar, almost too good to be true, and yet something deep inside you knows that it is real.
A question begins to rise within you, and you quietly speak to Him, “Father of Love… what am I supposed to do with all of this… Jesus… is this always going to define me… how I see myself… how others see me… or how You…” Before you can finish your question, He gently lifts His hand. He is not stopping you, but lovingly holding your question with you. Then Love Himself begins to respond, not by correcting you, but by speaking in a way your heart can understand.
“Let Me tell you a true story about someone,” He says gently.
As He begins to speak, you listen closely, and it becomes clear that He is sharing this story to help your heart understand something deeper.
“There was a woman, and many had already decided who she was. They gave her a name, a label, and a place to stand, and it was not a place of honor. They saw her through what she had done, what she had been through, and what had been done to her, and they believed that was all she would ever be.”
As Love Himself speaks, you begin to feel something stir inside your heart. You recognize that feeling. You remember words that may have been spoken over you, like “You are the black sheep of the family,” or even “You are no longer a part of this family.” As those memories surface, you begin to realize that this story is not distant from you… it feels personal… and you begin to see how it connects to your own story.
Then Love Himself continues, “But I saw her. I saw Mary… Mary Magdalene. I saw beyond every label, every wound, and every place she had been bound. I saw her heart, and I came for her.”
As you hear this, a quiet realization forms within you. You begin to understand that He is not only talking about Mary… He is showing you how He sees you.
Love Himself continues, “When I met her, I was not focused on her mistakes. I was moved by love for her. I did not treat her according to what she had done, but according to who she truly was to Me. I loved her before anything changed, and it was My love that began to change everything.”
As He speaks, you begin to recognize what is happening in this very moment. He is not focusing on everything you thought He would. He is not bringing up your failures. He is simply loving you, and that realization begins to soften your heart.
Then He gently brings you deeper into the story, “She stayed near Me, she listened, she learned My heart, she loved, and she worshiped. And then she saw something she would never forget… she saw Me on the cross.”
As He says this, everything inside you becomes still.
“And everything she had ever carried, everything that had ever tried to define her, everything in her baggage… she saw that I was carrying it for her.”
As you hear this, you begin to picture it clearly. You begin to understand that she saw Him carrying everything she thought defined her, and in that moment, she realized it was no longer hers to carry.
Love Himself continues, “She saw that I did not just love her in words. I took it all upon Myself. She saw that I finished it, and she saw that I forgave it completely… once and for all.”
As these words settle into your heart, you begin to understand something deeply. It was not only that He loved her when He met her… it was that He finished everything for her on the cross… all of it… forever.
Then Love Himself gently brings the meaning of the story to you so that your heart can fully understand.
“This is what the story means for you. What you have been carrying, I have already carried. What you have been holding onto, I have already finished. What you have been wondering if I would forgive, I already forgave completely… once and for all. What was true for her is just as true for you, and for every heart that comes to Me carrying their baggage into the House of Love… the home of My heart.”
As He speaks, you begin to understand why He told you this story. He is helping your heart see that what was true for Mary is true for you right now.
And now something shifts deeply inside of you. You begin to realize that you thought He would focus on your baggage because that is what others had done. They did not truly see you, hear you, or know you. They saw you through their opinions, assumptions, and judgments, and over time you began to believe those voices. You began to see yourself through that same lens, and your own thoughts shaped how you expected to be seen… even by Him. Now you see it clearly. You had unknowingly agreed with those beliefs, and that agreement became part of your pain.
As this realization settles in your heart, you begin to see that you were wrong about how He sees you. You were wrong about what He would focus on, and you were wrong about how He would respond to you. Instead of shame, your heart begins to fill with gratitude… deep, overwhelming gratitude that you were wrong… and that He is more loving, more kind, and more accepting than you ever imagined.
As this truth takes root, Love Himself remains beside you, steady and present. Without force, His love begins to move. It reaches toward everything you have been carrying, and your baggage begins to lift, not because you tried harder, but because you now see clearly. The weight begins to release, the lies lose their hold, and the labels fall away, and you are no longer holding onto what you were never meant to carry.
As this happens, your heart opens, and space is made within you. His love begins to fill every place that once held pain in a way that feels gentle, steady, and complete, like a deep restoration taking place within you. What once felt heavy now feels light, what once felt loud now feels peaceful, and what once felt confusing now feels clear.
Then Love Himself speaks again, and His words are steady and full of truth.
“You are not what you carried. You are not what was spoken over you. You are not what others called you… you are Mine.”
As those words settle into your heart, you look at Him, and this time there is no hesitation, no questioning, no pulling back. Something in you has shifted, and you respond to Him from that place of knowing.
“Father of Love… Jesus… I receive this. I receive Your love. I receive what You have done for me. I receive how You see me, and I choose to agree with You.”
Your voice steadies as your heart opens even more.
“I am not what I carried. I am not what was spoken over me. I am Yours… I am Your Child of Love.”
As you speak those words, you feel them take root within you. They are no longer just something you hope is true… they are something you know is true.
Tears rise, not from pain, but from being seen, known, and loved in a way that is real and unchanging, and you continue softly,
“Thank You for loving me like this. Thank You for giving me more than I ever expected. Thank You for showing me what real love is… not based on what I’ve done… but based on who You are.”
And as you sit there with Him, something becomes settled deep within you. You are no longer questioning where you stand. You are no longer wondering how He sees you. You are no longer carrying what He has already finished. You are receiving His love, and it is changing you from the inside out.
Love Himself remains beside you, steady and full of quiet joy, as if this moment is exactly what His heart has always desired… not just to tell you the truth, but for you to receive it, believe it, and live from it.
And as this moment settles, you begin to realize something gently but clearly. What you have just experienced here in the House of Love… this heart to heart moment… is not meant to stay as only a story. It is meant to be stepped into… experienced… received.
So now… this turns toward you.
If you have ever felt like the black sheep… if you have ever felt pushed out, overlooked, or unloved… this same love is reaching for you right now.
“Come… come into the House of Love, the Home of My heart, and bring your baggage, bring every piece of it. You will not be rejected here. You will be seen, known, and loved. What I have done… I have done for you too. I am inviting you, I am welcoming you, and I am receiving you… you are My Child of Love.”
You are not standing outside looking in… you are being invited in… into the same place… into the same love… into this same truth ~ my LOVING TRUTH.
You were never outside.
You have always been invited.
You belong here.
Heart2Heart in His Love,
Momo Smiley
“Come up here…” — Revelation 4:1 This is the invitation into the Upper Room of your heart… not a place you earn your way into… but a place Love Himself invites you into so you can see what He sees and experience what He has already done for you.
“While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” — Romans 5:8 Before anything changed in Mary… before anything changes in you… Love Himself already chose you and loved you… His love was never based on your performance… only on His heart for you.
“He has removed our sins as far from us as the east is from the west.” — Psalm 103:12 What you thought you still had to carry… He already carried… what you thought still defined you… He already removed… completely… permanently… lovingly.
“It is finished.” — John 19:30 At the cross… just like Mary saw… everything in your “baggage” was fully paid for… fully forgiven… fully finished… there is nothing left for you to carry or prove.
“I have called you by name… you are Mine.” — Isaiah 43:1 Where others gave you labels… Love Himself gives you identity… not based on what you’ve done… but based on who you are to Him… His.
“There is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.” — Romans 8:1 The voice of shame… guilt… and accusation… is not His voice… His voice brings freedom… covering… and belonging.
“See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God… and that is what we are.” — 1 John 3:1 You are not the black sheep… you are not the outsider… you are His Child of Love… fully brought in… fully accepted… fully His.
“Those who look to Him are radiant; their faces are never covered with shame.” — Psalm 34:5 As you look at Love Himself… something changes… shame loses its hold… and His love becomes what defines you.
“You did not receive a spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption…” — Romans 8:15 You are no longer outside trying to belong… you have been brought into His family… where you are wanted… chosen… and forever His.
“If anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come… the old has gone, the new is here.” — 2 Corinthians 5:17 What you carried is not your identity anymore… what He has done is now your reality… you are not becoming new… you already are.
222 to the 222’tune Of His LOVESONG ! His Love Notes He sings over me composes His Love Songs -my Godsongs- through me! ~ ~♥ 2 ♥ ~ Momo Smiley
~ ♥ 2 ♥ ~ Momo Smiley