September 12, 2011
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What Kind of Expression…
Does God have on His face when He thinks about you? When He looks at you?
This was a question that was in our Bible study last week, but it keeps coming up in my mind.
Sometimes I think He is laughing–sometimes because I am funny on purpose, but most of the time because it is an accident. But we laugh together. Sometimes I think He is proud of me. Sometimes I think He just looks away because it is not worth seeing.
Depending on the moment. Depending on how I see myself. Depending on my emotions and feelings.
The Bible study went on to say that if we think God has anything but pure and utter joy on His face–then we are trying to PERFORM. we are trying to work at something, trying to be good enough, trying to make it–or giving up when we know we have failed.
Because when God looks at me, He sees the finished work of Christ. He sees perfection. He sees pure beauty. Forgiveness–now, then, and always.
Wow. How quickly I forget.
