Out of the depths I cry to you, Lord; Lord, hear my voice. Let your ears be attentive to my cry for mercy.
If you, Lord, kept a record of sins, Lord, who could stand? But with you there is forgiveness, so that we can, with reverence, serve you.
I wait for the Lord, my whole being waits, and in his word I put my hope. I wait for the Lord more than watchmen wait for the morning, more than watchmen wait for the morning.
Israel, put your hope in the Lord, for with the Lord is unfailing love and with him is full redemption. He himself will redeem Israel from all their sins. - Psalm 130
What if someone knew everything about you--not just what you've done but what you've thought. What if someone knew that and still liked you. There is a great deal of fear that governs our relationships. It is the fear of discovery--of being found out. We are afraid of what that 'someone' will do if they knew the truth and knew what we were secretly feeling, even if it was only for a moment.
That is the dilemma with God. He knows us at our worst-all the way down into the motives and selfishness and into the things we don't even want to admit to ourselves. He knows us. But somehow 'with the Lord is unfailing love and with him is full redemption' It is a dilemma because we really don't know anyone like this. I am not like this. Disappoint and people (including me) write you off.
How does it make me feel for God to know me that well? Humiliating. The gap between who God knows me to be and the amazing way that he still treats me is humiliating. I'm spoiled. And it's amazing-to be fully aware of how much I don't deserve it and yet to wallow in the sheer joy of his grace. .
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