I’m glad God understands us, because I sure don’t understand Him.  I don’t need the Bible to confirm that, but it does anyway:
<blockquote>“My thoughts are nothing like your thoughts,” says the LORD.

“And my ways are far beyond anything you could imagine.

For just as the heavens are higher than the earth,

so my ways are higher than your ways

and my thoughts higher than your thoughts.” Isaiah 55:8-9 (NLT)</blockquote>
Because there is at least one sin that trips us up on a regular basis, we tend to think God is disappointed in us.  I know at times when I’ve been giving into a particular sin on a regular basis, I’ve thought of starting the day by praying, “God, I might as well say ‘I’m sorry’ now, because chances are I’m going to do it again today.”

“What a loser,” we think.  “What a winner,” says God, for from His or Her perspective, every time we pray shows faith, no matter what we think of ourselves.  We wouldn’t bother to pray at all if we didn’t believe it just might make a difference, that God might be listening and care.

That doesn’t make any sense to me, but I’m glad it makes sense to God.

<strong>Wholly Committed To Me</strong>

If I don’t stop this,

it’s going to kill God.
<em>So we’ll go together,</em>

<em>because it’s certainly killing you.</em>

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I’m addicted to sin, stubborn self-will,

reticent refusal to quit my misery.

My pet sin is like a pet rock,

unable to slither away on its own,

and when I throw it out, the thing boomerangs

and I’m back to square one.

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<em>Can I put in my perspective?</em>

<em>You are already wholly committed me.</em>

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What?
<em>Few of my children</em>

<em>name their sins with absolute integrity.</em>

<em>You seek me, talk with me constantly</em>

<em>and wrestle with your helplessness.</em>

<em>I long to hear from everyone,</em>

<em>no matter what they say,</em>

<em>and I honor your persistence,</em>

<em>which I reckon to you as faith,</em>

<em>like Abraham and David – </em>

<em>big time sinners, just like you.</em>

<em>But they came back to me over and over,</em>

<em>and I called them friends, as I honor you.</em>

<em>Did you hear that?</em>

<em>As I love you.</em>

<em>Do you get that?</em>
<em>You please me every time</em>

<em>you come and have it out with me.</em>

<em>I’m pleased when you seek my help.</em>

<em>Everyone is precious in my sight,</em>

<em>but I am precious to you</em>

<em>in spite of all your faults and failure.</em>

<em>I know your love is true</em>

<em>and we’ll work on your fickle heart.</em>
<em>You are not alone;</em>

<em>all the great saints (as you call them)</em>

<em>aren’t any better than you.</em>

<em>You think they don’t battle with sin?</em>

<em>Reconsider – </em>

<em>all of you are broken;</em>

<em>you ALL need redemption, help and hope.</em>
<em>Actually, I planned it that way.</em>

<em>I know the conceit of everyone I made</em>

<em>and that doesn’t make me unwilling</em>

<em>to mend your life.</em>

<em>I’d rather have you whopper-jawed</em>

<em>than robots who would do what I want</em>

<em>because I push a button and they obey.</em>

<em>That isn’t love, but performance,</em>

<em>and I want your love more than anything else.</em>

<em>In that, you’re just like me – </em>

<em>made in my image with a heart for home</em>

<em>where you will be perfect again.</em>

<em>And for now, you’re wholly committed.</em>

<em>However long you can do it is victory.</em>

<em>When you fail, repent.</em>

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I’ll need your help with that.
<em>I</em><em>’ll meet you half-way;</em>

<em>just don’t give up.</em>

<em>Groveling isn’t a virtue.</em>

<em>But you ARE wholly committed, so try again.</em>

<em>A hundred times a day is OK,</em>

<em>and I’ll hold your hand</em>

<em>while you practice this plan.</em>

<em>Get it?  Got it?  Let’s go.</em>

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Thank you with all my heart.

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