E-MAG
VOL.12
WINTER 2025
UNVEILED
The Relentless Pursuit of God
love
Table of Contents RENEE’S STORY OF GOD’S UNSHAKABLE LOVE Heart Talk (Tapestry) Video Podcast
THE SACRIFICIAL PURSUIT How Jesus Emobodied God’s Unshakable Love | by Carmen Chase
UNENDING DEVOTION The Extraordinary Depth of God’s Love | by Janice Conyers
UNLIMITED LOVE God Sees You in the Shadows | by Tricia Clark
FROM GUARDED TO FREE Learning to Trust God’s Love | by Cendrine Hosed
LOVE WITHOUT JUDGEMENT Seeing Others Through the Lens of Grace | by Tiffany Snyder-Thompson
BE STILL AND KNOW by Beth Nelson
TEARS DRIPPING FROM MY CHIN by Kathleen Knapp
A TINY MOUSE TO THE RESCUE (KID’S KORNER) by Michelle A. Balls
UNSHAKABLE LOVE The Relentless Pursuit of God | by Tracee Padilla
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OUR MISSION: EMPOWERING WOMEN TO LIVE LIFE UNVEILED IN THE FREEDOM THAT GOD GAVE US. BUT WHENEVER ANYONE TURNS TO THE LORD, THE VEIL IS TAKEN AWAY. NOW THE LORD IS THE SPIRIT, AND WHERE THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD IS, THERE IS FREEDOM. AND WE ALL, WHO WITH UNVEILED FACES CONTEMPLATE THE LORD’S GLORY, ARE BEING TRANSFORMED INTO HIS IMAGE WITH EVER-INCREASING GLORY, WHICH COMES FROM THE LORD, WHO IS THE SPIRIT. I CORINTHIANS 3:16-19
Tears Dripping From My Chin by Kathleen Knapp
As I viewed my Facebook ‘memories’ one morning, one of the pictures brought me to tears with fresh grief. I cried as I viewed the photos and stories of a past day with my son, who died. Although the memories were good ones, my heart broke afresh with grief for the loss of him in our lives.
Maybe you’ve experienced the same type of loss in your life. Memories that bring fresh pain on an otherwise sunny day.
Unshakable Love THE RELENTLESS PURSUIT OF GOD
BY TRACEE PADILLA
She came to the well at the hottest part of the day, when the sun was high, and the world was quiet. It was easier that way—no whispers, no stares, no judgment from women who drew their water at dawn. She was used to being alone. Shame has a way of isolating us like that. We don’t know her name, but we know her story. The Samaritan woman at the well had been married five times and was now living with a man who wasn’t her husband. In her culture, this wasn’t just frowned upon— it was a scarlet letter, a reason to be avoided, talked about, and dismissed. And maybe she believed she deserved it. But then she met Jesus. It wasn’t by accident that He was there. He didn’t stumble upon her by chance. No, this was intentional. Jesus—tired, thirsty, and fully aware of her brokenness—sat at the well and waited for her.
When she arrived, she probably didn’t expect much more than a quiet moment to herself, but what she got was a life-changing encounter. Jesus didn’t avoid her. He didn’t scold her, shame her, or turn away in disgust. Instead, He spoke to her, looked at her, and invited her into a conversation that would break chains she’d carried for years. He saw her. Not the version of herself she tried to hide or the version the world had labeled her as. He saw her heart—the broken pieces, the regrets, the mistakes—and still, He loved her. This is unshakable love: the kind of love that doesn’t flinch at our mess. The kind of love that doesn’t retreat when faced with our guilt and shame. Jesus pursued her with relentless grace because that’s who He is. So many of us are like the Samaritan woman. We carry the weight of bad decisions, broken relationships, and regrets we can’t seem to shake. Maybe it’s a failed
marriage or several. Maybe it’s choices we made when we were younger that left scars we still see in the mirror. Maybe it’s the silent shame of feeling like we’re just not enough. But here’s the truth: none of it disqualifies you from God’s love. Not one mistake, not one regret, not one part of your story is too messy for Him. His pursuit of you isn’t based on your worthiness—it’s based on His unshakable, unchanging, relentless love. When Jesus spoke to the Samaritan woman, He offered her living water— a gift that would quench her deepest thirst, heal her deepest wounds, and fill the emptiness she had tried to fill with everything else. That same offer stands for you and me today. It’s easy to think we have to clean ourselves up before we come to God, to believe the lie that we’re too broken for Him to use us. But the Samaritan woman shows us otherwise. She left her jar at the well —her symbol of shame, of thirst, of all the ways she tried to do it on her own—and she ran into town, telling everyone about the man who knew everything about her and still loved her.
She became the first evangelist in her community because her encounter with Jesus wasn’t just for her—it was for everyone she knew. That’s the power of unshakable love. It doesn’t just change you; it ripples outward, touching everyone around you. So, wherever you are today— whether you’re sitting in shame, carrying the weight of your past, or feeling too broken to be loved— know this: God sees you. He knows your story, and He loves you with a love that cannot be shaken. He’s sitting at the well, waiting for you to meet Him there, not with judgment, but with open arms. Let go of the jar you’ve been carrying. Step into the relentless pursuit of God’s love. It’s already yours.
THE ‘UNSHAKABLE’ LOVE REMINDER YOUR FAITHFUL REMINER OF GOD’S FAITHFUL, RELENTLESS, UNCONDITIONAL, AND UNSHAKABLE LOVE
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God delights in you. The Lord your God is with you, he will rejoice over you with singing. Zephaniah 3:17
Nothing can separate you from God’s love. And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God’s love. Romans 8:38
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God’s love never ends. His mercies are new every day.
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You are precious, honored, and deeply loved.
The faithful love of the Lord never ends! His mercies never cease. Great is his faithfulness; his mercies begin afresh each morning.
Others were given in exchange for you. I traded their lives for yours because you are precious to me. You are honored, and I love you. Isaiah 43:4
I have loved you, my people, with an everlasting love. With unfailing love I have drawn you to myself. Jeremiah 31:3