Our Mission
The Heart of Divine Romance Ministries
“Lack of understanding of our impact on the emotional heart of God has led to a mass abandonment of the divine romance we were created for.”
Did you know that in the Bible, God talked about being heartbroken by the unfaithfulness of His bride? Or that He expressed feelings of sorrow as He was forgotten about by His chosen people? Or that our sinful behavior can actually grieve the Holy Spirit? It can be difficult for us to wrap our minds around the idea that the omnipotent King of the universe is capable of experiencing these negative emotions, yet the Scriptures make it clear that He does.
Heartbroken by His bride
“…I am broken with their whorish heart, which hath departed from me…”
Ezekiel 6:9 (KJV)
Forgotten by His people
“Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number.”
Jeremiah 2:32 (KJV)
Grieving the Holy Spirit
“And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.”
Ephesians 4:30 (KJV)
The Bible reveals that God’s original and ultimate purpose for mankind was to provide a family for Himself and a Bride for Christ. In Ephesians 1:4-5 we see that even before the foundations of the earth were laid, God had already chosen us to be the focus of His love and to be adopted into His family. By choosing to make us the focus of His love, God, in His sovereignty, chose to enter into an emotionally vulnerable love relationship with us. Not vulnerable as in weak or capable of defeat, but simply vulnerable to feeling emotions such as heartbreak, sorrow, regret, and longing for His wandering bride. We were created in the image of God and every emotion we feel, every desire for companionship we experience is because it existed in Him first.
Due to the nature of love, it is impossible to love and not open yourself up to the possibility of pain and since Christ’s ability to love is greater than ours, so is His capacity for hurt. When Christ chose us to be His bride, He chose to make Himself susceptible to rejection and all the emotions that come with it or conversely to the ecstasy of shared love with a covenant partner. We stand in the unique and honored position to be either His greatest joy or His greatest pain.
We stand in the unique and honored position to be either His greatest joy or His greatest pain.
Lack of understanding of our impact on the emotional heart of God has led to a mass abandonment of the divine romance we were created for. Therefore, this ministry exists to awaken a generation to a depth of relationship with God where He not only comforts and protects us, but where we comfort and protect Him. If He is capable of experiencing pain by the rejection of His chosen people, then we possess the ability to rid Him of that pain by lavishing Him with our love and faithful devotion. He has given us the key to satisfying the ancient longings of His heart.
Our prayer is that the revelations you discover here will encourage you to embrace and revel in the invitation to intimacy that has been extended to you by the Bridegroom God, and to take your place in the divine romance that you were created for.
How It Began
The night that started it all
I still remember it like it was yesterday. Someone had just nudged me out of my sleep. I looked at the clock. It was exactly 3:00 AM. The room was empty. I instinctively knew that it was God that nudged me awake. I could feel it in my heart. As my mind focused the Lord began to speak to me in a surprisingly unique way. The things He said to me shocked me, honored me, and broke my heart all at the same time. I had never imagined in my wildest dreams that I would hear God speak these words.
God said, “Tonight someone that has been faithfully serving me for many years just decided that they don’t want me in their life anymore, and has decided to walk away from our relationship. Would you mind getting up to just love on me and comfort me right now?”
God was hurting, and He wanted ME to comfort Him…
Think about the implications of that:
One, that God hurts. This seemed a foreign concept to me. How could the all powerful King of the universe need to be comforted? Isn’t He the one that’s supposed to do the comforting? Just this idea of an emotional, even vulnerable God challenged every pre-conceived notion I had of who He was.
Two, this all-powerful King had selected ME to be the one who comforts Him. Every person has maybe 5 people tops that they know they can call on at any time, day or night, no matter what, that would be there for them in a time of trouble – just a handful of people that you’re close enough to call at 3AM when you’re hurting. That night, I got to be one of those people for God. It was the greatest honor of my entire life.
In that moment, I decided that I wanted to live the rest of my life for this very purpose: removing the pain from God’s heart – lavishing Him with love and doing everything I can to be sure He never feels that way again. Not only does He want to awaken me, but my entire generation to who He is, how He feels, and how He longs to connect with us all, so that they too can protect His heart from ever experiencing that pain of rejection again.
After that night I spent a lot of time thinking about this new paradigm I had of God, but I was smart enough not to base my theology on an experience. I knew that theology was to be grounded in the Word of God. I knew that if what I had experienced was genuine that there would be evidence to back it up in the Bible. So I prayed and asked the Holy Spirit to reveal to me, through the Holy Scriptures, the truth of God’s character, personality, emotions, and type of relationship He desires to have with us.
As I began my study scriptures began leaping at me off the pages that I had somehow never noticed before. Scripture after scripture of how a bride and groom are to be a picture of our relationship with Christ. Scripture after scripture of God experiencing emotions such as grief, regret, and even heartbreak. The same words that were used to describe breaking a vase, or breaking down a door, were the very words God used to describe the condition of His heart! I found such longing for His people, and a blatantly stated desire for romance with us! The truths that were revealed to me were heart-rending, deeply fulfilling, and incomprehensibly (unless you’ve experienced it for yourself) beautiful.
That study changed my life forever and set me on a journey that has led to the creation of Divine Romance Ministries. I’ve had many more intimate encounters with this beautiful, loving, and intimate God of ours since then, and our relationship just grows richer, and the revelations deeper. I so desperately want you to experience this divine romance, because I know that is what He desperately desires also.
The night that He woke me, I stayed up till sunrise singing worship songs and telling Him how much I cherish Him. Now God has given me the mission of drawing others into this divine romance and awakening their heart to unfathomable depths of love, ecstasy, fulfillment, and complete satisfaction through a relationship with Christ. This is your invitation to intimacy; won’t you join me on this journey to touch God’s heart?
What we believe
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