Enneagram Love Notes for a Time of Crisis

TYPE ONE:

You don’t have to do this perfectly. There’s grace for your imperfections. He’s given you righteousness that you could never attain by effort. Know that you are marked with His blood and made clean, through no striving of your own. Like blood on a house during Passover, all accusations against you will be deflected—for you reside inside the protection of the Lamb.

TYPE TWO:

You don’t have to save the entire world. God has prepared certain tasks for you to do, and those tasks are all you need to complete. Abide in Him every minute. Don’t try to help a single person without His empowering. He will provide direction, strength, and resources for you to do what must be done. Remember how much He loves those you love. He loves them even more than you do. And He loves you, too—don’t forget that He loves you so, so much.

TYPE THREE:

You are accepted by Jesus as you are. No need to perform you way through this. You don’t have to prove anything. This is not a race, a contest, a gauntlet. You matter... not just your performance. Really hear this... you matter *because* you are loved by God. He’s made you a child of a King. He’s already secured your value.

TYPE FOUR:

Your unique heart is known, seen, and loved by God. He created every single part of you, and you are His treasured piece of artwork. He knows every brushstroke of your thoughts. He listens to every single word when you cry out to him. He knows you by name and is aware of every flutter that passes through your heart. Your name is written on his hand. Even when you forget about Him, He never once forgets about you.

TYPE FIVE:

God is going to give you what you need today. Even if there’s something you don’t understand yet, He knows every detail of technical information about your situation. Take a minute to ask Him to lead you to what you need to know. Ask Him to guide your search in a posture of trust, through all the chaos and distraction. Offer to be an instrument in his hands, and believe that He will do this. He’s the one who made your mind strong, and He has a plan to use your intellect. Find his current and walk in the flow of the thinker He’s called you to be.

TYPE SIX:

You’re not alone in this. Jesus promised to be with us to the end of the earth, and He is here. He’s close, and He’s engaged, and even when He seems silent, He’s praying to the Father on your behalf—advocating for you. He loved you before you even knew him. His resources are yours by faith, and throngs of unseen angels stand round, ready to implement His will. He will never abandon you. He is faithful to your heart.

TYPE SEVEN:

In the stillness of hard reality, God will sustain you. You fear pain, truth, quiet, solitude—but unique joys are hidden, even in troubling times. Some delights are bigger than the ease of immediate pleasures. If things are difficult for a time, your loving Father has allowed them to be so because good rewards await that cannot be obtained any other way. He loves you. If pain comes in the night, that’s only because a far deeper joy comes in the morning.

TYPE EIGHT:

You fear the compression of this time—forces larger than you are making decisions for you. The suffocation and bondage make you want to bolt. Yet even in prison, you will find yourself singing hymns. If you are held back for a time in the body, it is only because the Father has a greater soul liberty for you to learn. He wants you to know freedom beyond this earth’s freedom. If you are restrained, it is only so that you will learn to soar.

TYPE NINE:

It all feels so fragile. You crave peace and safety, a simple, steady life. The threats are too big for you, and you can’t bear to see all you care about blown apart. You want it to stop. You want to hide. But remember this— everything that looks like severing here is still held in the hands of the one who resurrects. Nothing will be divided that He will not unite into something beautiful. Nothing will be dropped that He won’t pick up. He will wipe away every tear. He will make all things new. God is not surprised by what surprises us. Engage because He is secure. Have the courage to play your notes because He is conducting the symphony.

Lighthouse in Westkapelle

Piet Mondrian 1909