Sometimes the hardest things to believe are the good things.  No one knows us like we know ourselves.  Whatever “masks” we wear for others or parts we choose to act out, the person in the mirror always knows the true us.  Sometimes we ignore it, other times we try to explain it away, but the truth is that we are all burdened by our own weaknesses.  Therefore, it is easy to feel unlovable, because sometimes we find it hard to love ourselves.  The very idea that someone could know the real us, and yet still be in love with us, is almost inconceivable.

Yet that is exactly the kind of love that the Bible attributes to God.  He knows our every secret.  He knows our every thought.  He knows our every shame.  He knows it all, and He LOVES US ANYWAY.  How can we possibly understand such love?  In truth, we can’t.  Perhaps that is why we are often quick to re-characterize God in a more hateful way?  Perhaps it is why we don’t pursue deeper relationship with Him, believing that He is always disappointed in us?

But that is not who our God is.  He IS love, and He ALWAYS loves us!

Kerry