2477) I can remember in my childhood when I would occasionally clean my room and then I would go and get my mother to come and look at it. I was so proud when my mother would tell me how wonderful it looked.

But then, I think about what my room looked like in my teen years and I brought no one to see it. It was often horrible. I didn’t want my mother to see it at all. I didn’t want her displeased.

I carry these thoughts further, and it pops into my mind that there are things I want God to see and many things I don’t. I just don’t want God to be disappointed in me. (It’s painful enough when I’m disappointed in myself.)

The good news is, Romans 8:39 tells us nothing will separate us from God when we are his children. When we ask for Jesus’ substitute death and are forgiven eternally.

Grace is what God sees, not the horrible mess we are.