From Rev. 15:4 and Lam. 3:41, "You alone are holy....when we lift our hands in prayer to God in heaven, we should offer God our hearts and say, 'We've sinned.'" These two verses together remind me that pure holiness belongs only to God, and when I pray I should be reminded, also, that I am a sinner.
"I cannot ever be purely holy. I am a sinner, asking for forgiveness and being forgiving and forgiven. Only in this way can I purify my heart and come to the Lord, but I do so with humility and hope.
"Think about God. Imagine seeing God enthroned. What does Glory look like? God's glory might be like a trillion lights twinkling against a darkening sky, or like the clouds all pink, yellow, red and orange as an Arizona sunset. God's glory might be like the smell of a newborn cuddled at your neck. It might be like a rose's first bloom, or its last, or like my husband's eyes when he smiles, or the hug of a friend. Yet it's likely that it's much, much more than we have ever seen smelled, or touched. Therefore, God's holiness deserves our thanks, our praise, our humbling, and our honesty."
"Thanks be to God!"
And once again, today, we thank God and express our desire to know Him more humbly and more honestly.
Jo INMN
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