Beautiful.

How beautiful is our Creator. It amazes me still to look out the window, or out the object of separation from the world He created, and stare at His glory. That we wake. That we are breathing. That breathed in me. In me.

He deserves so much and asks so little. All of heaven rejoices in one found prodigal son. In one found daughter. And still, it is difficult to hear their praises. To see the sun shining through our tinted walls. To see His creation, and take a moment in silence simply to admire.

2 Samuel 7:18
18 Then King David went in and sat before the LORD, and he said:
"Who am I, O Sovereign LORD, and what is my family, that you have brought me this far? 19 And as if this were not enough in your sight, O Sovereign LORD, you have also spoken about the future of the house of your servant. Is this your usual way of dealing with man, O Sovereign LORD ?

20 "What more can David say to you? For you know your servant, O Sovereign LORD. 21 For the sake of your word and according to your will, you have done this great thing and made it known to your servant.

22 "How great you are, O Sovereign LORD! There is no one like you, and there is no God but you, as we have heard with our own ears. 23 And who is like your people Israel—the one nation on earth that God went out to redeem as a people for himself, and to make a name for himself, and to perform great and awesome wonders by driving out nations and their gods from before your people, whom you redeemed from Egypt? [c] 24 You have established your people Israel as your very own forever, and you, O LORD, have become their God.

25 "And now, LORD God, keep forever the promise you have made concerning your servant and his house. Do as you promised, 26 so that your name will be great forever. Then men will say, 'The LORD Almighty is God over Israel!' And the house of your servant David will be established before you.

27 "O LORD Almighty, God of Israel, you have revealed this to your servant, saying, 'I will build a house for you.' So your servant has found courage to offer you this prayer. 28 O Sovereign LORD, you are God! Your words are trustworthy, and you have promised these good things to your servant. 29 Now be pleased to bless the house of your servant, that it may continue forever in your sight; for you, O Sovereign LORD, have spoken, and with your blessing the house of your servant will be blessed forever."

Most beautiful prayer.

Oh! How He loves us!

I've spoken of this before. But it's been on my heart lately.

What do we do when we let people know all of us? When we really allow them to see our heart? We say, I'm trusting that you can love me and my faults now. I'm giving you the choice to love me regardless of my insecurities and faults, or to leave me. I love you enough, and I want to know if you love me enough.

It is so hard to let people in. We essentially are putting our hearts in the hands of another human, and that is dangerous enough. Cause all too often people choose to leave.

Someone asked me if I have anyone I can go to with everything. Everything on my mind, everything on my heart, and someone who knows everything about me. I couldn't say yes. It's hard to admit even, because I love when people open up to me, yet I can't do the same.

All too often, God get's put down as a God of rules. What they don't realize is that out God is a God with a broken heart. Everyday He puts His whole heart in the hands of His people, and get's put off till tomorrow, ignored, rejected, and to a world where He's given everything, He's given nothing.

What good has ever come from lying, cheating, hatred, lust, jealousy, and malice? I don't believe God puts laws in our life to keep us from having fun. I think it's because He is all knowledgeable, and wants to save us from our hurtful sinful nature that He has to witness everyday.

One of the hardest books for me to read is Genesis. It's where all of the different heartbreaks happen, and they happen to the one God that does nothing but Love. God didn't put the tree of knowledge in the garden of Eden to taunt them, or to say you can have all this, except that. It was the first instant where God laid out His heart in front of them.

Genesis 3:8 Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the LORD God as he was walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and they hid from the LORD God among the trees of the garden. 9 But the LORD God called to the man, "Where are you?"

God allowed man free will. It wasn't just the will to obey Him, but to love Him. They had broken His heart with the one thing He didn't want for them. He didn't want the sin to enter the world, and the action that Adam and Eve took all of His gifts and poisoned them.

How is that for heartbreak?

Our God is a loving God. He wants nothing more than for us to recognize it and love Him back.

I want nothing more than to warm His heart. So when you are having a trialing day, turn to God. Because there is no one in the world who understands what you're going as well as your Father.

God says "Me too."