In the previous post - loved by your creator - I began with a self-description. This was my attempt at being open and honest with God. It described the "real" me.
Since that post I have received a couple of replies from individuals giving their own self-description. My intent was not to start a movement of introspection. However, it seems an appropriate challenge. If we are to truly understand the amazing love God has for us we must first realize how amazingly short we fall in impressing Him.
It is one thing to say we are all sinners and we all fall short of the glory of God. However, how do we fall short? How are we sinners?
When we look just at the broad stroke of things we miss the individual dots that make up that broad stroke.
Saying I am a sinner or fall short is like looking at the Mississippi and saying the water is muddy. That is a true fact, but when the water is looked at under a microscope we see a different picture. Broken down we see the silt, pesticides, and bacteria that the muddy water contains. By taking a closer look we see the things that can make us sick or kill us.
When you take a closer look at your life you are able to see how you fall short and in what ways you are a sinner. Looking closer at your own life creates a greater awe at being loved by your creator.
I challenge you to take a closer look at your life and make your own list. I would even challenge you to, in openness and humility, share this list with others. Who knows how God will use it, but it will be glorifying to Him when you confess your weaknesses and claim your need and acceptance of His awesome and unfailing love.
To the top right, under video bar, you will find a link to a song that speaks well to the awesome love of our God.
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