Do you know how easy it is to focus on the negative smears in our lives and forget the good that we have done. In a society that constantly demands us to be our best, to avoid failure at any cost, it's too easy to forget the good that God has placed in us as part of His creation. Yes, we are sinful; yes, we make mistakes; but YES we have a heavenly Father that blesses us and walks with us despite our failures.
We must constantly thank God for He knows us for who we are, even when we are not sure. We must thank Him that He believes in us, even when we can't believe in ourselves, We must thank Him that His love wipes away the smears that darken our soul.
Psalm 139:23-24
Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
(0547 09IV2008)