| | For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the divsion of soul and spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart. And no creature is hidden from his sight, but all are naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must give an account. (Hebrews 4:11-13) There's a very strange but strikingly real comfort to knowing that God sees me utterly exposed, without any of my "protections". Nothing hidden in the depths of my heart is unkown or unsearched; God has total access to it all. Even to those things I wish at times I could tuck away from his view. But there's rich freedom in such spiritual nakedness, because it abolished all pretensions and airs -- leaving me before my Savior as I am. Needy, thirsty, bedraggled, spent, without good works of my own. I sit at his feet the quintessential "Ragamuffin", and in that place recognize there's no better place to be filled. |
| | Posted 9/17/2008 9:07 PM - 24 Views
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