A gift. A truth. A Merry Christmas thought.

I have been in this weird world of looking back this month. I have been seeing pictures of the past in my mind. Maybe it is because of the fact that my birthday is coming, I don't know. I like the fact though that when I look back, I often see a greater picture. The essence of the picture is the same but my mind has more experience. I can see the edges of the page more clearly. The effects, the ripples, the thoughts surrounding.
In some great chats lately, I have seen truth coming out. It is strange. Not condemning, but shining a clear picture. There were two people that I saw in a certain light before- a long time ago. One was walking in perfection (or as perfect as she could be), at least I thought... One was stumbling a bit and I was not sure if she knew the way.... But now the truth, from their own mouths, paints a different picture. The first was only seeming to be good. Was walking the way but not in her heart, following the footprints of her parents. The second was finding the way through stepping out, even though she was falling, her heart after God. Why are we so stupid to this, that it is the heart that counts. The unseen. The prayers. The seeking after God. King David shows it clearly in the psalms. He had a heart after God but he was a man. In imperfection he fell, but then he saw his wrong and he sought his God.
Do we seek our God out? Do we see our wrong and hide? Or see it and think it's too late? David was an adulterer, a murderer, remember. A heart after God. His sin avalanched into death but still he sought God. He turned and searched. He praised. He knew the truth. He saw it. Do we remember that this King David was the same child who in faith threw the stone at Goliath. Do we also forget what God has done in the past and run from our pursuers? We are weak but he is strong. We are faulted but in Him we are made perfect. It is not what we, in our panicked minds, do that frees us.... that helps us. It is in seeking Him, Jesus, who came to set us free that we are truly free.

Ephesians 2:8,9 ~ For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith- and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God- not by works, so that no one can boast.
<3 What a gift. Hope you all have opened it. Merry Christmas. <3