have come to realize, at least in part,
my sinfulness and wretchedness.
There is nothing of "me"' and "mine"
that is untouched by the stain of
selfishness and wickedness. You
have faithfully brought areas of sin
to light and have helped me to
repent many times. Sometimes my
focus gets stuck on Your awesome
holiness and my consistent
shortcomings. And since I never
want to "make You less" than You
are, I can get lopsided in my
perspective. Then for no reason,
You interrupt my day with
unexpected mercy and undeserved
blessing. I am swept away again
with the awareness of Your vast
kindness, love, and mercy. And I
see that You are even more
awesome than I had thought, and I
love and trust You even more.
dimensional than you can ever begin to imagine. Whatever attribute of Mine that you see at a
given time is never the only attribute at work in Me. I AM just and merciful at the same time,
always. I AM infinitely patient with man's free choice and completely sovereign in the same
circumstance.
You will never know Me completely, but I love your pursuit and your delight as I reveal
Myself to you. I treasure and enjoy your fellowship and the times of conscious communion that
we share. I value just as much your determined obedience and trust when evidence and
circumstance would steer you away from Me. I delight in the sweet-smelling sacrifice of your
praise in the face of difficulty or just monotony when you do not have a sense of My presence.
I do love to pour out My mercy and My gifts on you. Never take these things from My hand
and call them luck, or circumstance, or ordinary. It is My gift that your heart beats and that you
can breathe, walk, talk, see, hear, think. Your very life is because of My mercy, and I have
given you so many loved ones to be thankful for as well. My dealings with you and with them are
never on the basis of merit but always on the basis of My mercy. I AM kinder than you will ever
know. I AM more patient with the wandering than you can begin to fathom. I keep you in the
hollow of My hand, and as you pray for those you love, rest assured they will not escape the
breadth and length of My mercy. It reaches inside them where you can never go yourself. Be
faithful to sow seed and to pray, but remember that they are in My hand. I will not let them go.
Titus 3:5; Ephesians 2:1-10; Romans 2:4; Luke 15:11-32; Ephesians 4:1-3
Ephesians 3:14-21
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