We all wear masks. People hide their issues. Do we ever know one another as well as we think? I'm certain the only one who truly knows me, with all my flaws and failures, is Jesus. I write blogs; they let you see the parts of me I present and allow to be seen.
You may think you know me, but I could be presenting a totally false front. I could be a raging drunk. I could be a cutter, making tiny wounds to let out the pain. I could be addicted to drugs, pornography, or celebrity magazines. I could be deeply, miserably caught in the throes of depression. I could be bulemic, anorexic, racist, abusive, schizophrenic, OCD....
You don't know me. And this applies to every person you meet. Always.
But I am not my issues. I am not my obsessions. I am not my struggles. I am not my addictions. This also applies to every person you meet.
I AM HIS. I am not defined by what I do, think, or feel. I am not the snapshot you take and hold up in front of you. I am not good, but I AM HIS. That alone defines me.
When you see someone, look past the external, because we are all created by Him, for Him. And He is the only one who sees the real person inside the shell.
And when this world passes away, when I draw my last breath and enter into His presence, I will only be identified by one thing: I AM HIS. I will be acceptable before God because of Jesus' blood. Everything that I have been on earth will be gone forever, but for this: I AM HIS.
Nothing has rocked my world quite like that. I hope it does yours, too. Don't let anyone tell you who you are, don't tell yourself you are less than what you could be- be His.
This makes me think of that Tenth Avenue North song, "You are more". Love it. Although I really agree with all you said above, part of me resists where you talk about not knowing you because I want to know people deeply. Even though I know from MAJOR first hand experience that only God can truly KNOW anyone, I still think it's ok, for me anyway, to strive to know people deeper. Although I will never reach perfection in that, it allows me to love people better. :)
ReplyDeleteLove your heart! Thanks for sharing!!!
Thanks so much for that. I think you're right, this blog fell a little short of where I was trying to go with it. But I was writing fresh after being at Lost Sheep, so I guess I was writing with them in my focus. When I look at them, they are more than what I see with my eyes. But you're right in that the next step is building relationships and getting to know them! Also, I LOVE Tenth Avenue North! Thanks again, love ya girl!
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