Thoughts for another day

August 29, 2012.

Today's verse: Daniel 9:9. To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against him;  (KJV)

(Pls. read the above before you read further. Thanks)

At this stage in my life, I know I've rebelled against God for a long time.  In the early days of my life I remember I was pretty close to Him, not so much in communion with Him, for as a kid I didn't know a thing about relationship with God, leave alone communing with Him.  But as I grew up, I started ignoring His whispers in my ears when I was to doing wrong, but the pseudo pleasure in little acts of sin, deadened His voice in my ears and I went ahead to commit offense after offense. 

To the world, little offenses mean nothing unless of course someone murders or defrauds or one of those big ones; but to God every sin, be it as we call, 'white-lie' or even casually speaking wrong of some person, is serious.  If you think I'm wrong, recall the reason God banished Adam from Eden…it was as we may say, a little 'disobedience' ain't it? And many sagacious people may say, oh, for God's sake, you've not really sinned so big, so why do you wear a heavy heart.  But I do and so do you I'd reckon for our hearts are heavy for our many sins against our beloved Father and sometimes I hang my head in shame as I remember how I shamelessly denied Him, betrayed Him or even sullied His holy Name. For what? Just a wee bit of pleasure or sordid gain.  And then when I look up at His face with tears in my eyes, I see Him and; I see mercy in His eyes.  I hear Him say, I FORGIVE. 

Oh to think of my God!  Oh to behold His face and be sucked into His radiance, Oh, so precious and wonderful.  To Him belong mercy and forgiveness and though we have gone against Him, reviled and scratched Him with scorn, He yet lives to be the love of our lives for His heart is soft and it melts to have us close to Him.  Each night I pray for the salvation of the whole world: them who walked the face of the earth and are no more; them who're walking the face of the earth now and them who'll come to walk the face of the earth.  And it is the Word of our Scripture above which gives me hope that someday, His mercy will rest on all for I tell you, His heart aches for us all.  Though He is God Almighty, Supreme Emperor of the universe, yet His voice quivers when I turn to Him with a crying heart and say, 'Father I've sinned against You and not worthy to be called Your child…'  And He opens His arms wide and holds me in an eternal embrace.