Mirror, Mirror on the Wall
It is unfortunate that most of us see ourselves as a composite of all our failures. When we look in the mirror we may only see a divorced person, or someone who lost his job, or an overweight loner. Even though many of us can’t see beyond the failures, this is not the way God views us. As a loving Father, he looks past our failures.
Can you imagine a loving father introducing his children by saying, “This is my daughter, Meagan, who stained the carpet with grape juice when she was two”? Or, “This is my son, Myles, who broke a valuable vase last week.” If loving fathers don’t have a need to memorize their children’s failures, you can rest assured our loving Heavenly Father has no use for such memories either. When we accept God’s forgiveness through Jesus Christ, he forgets our failures.
I just stumbled upon your blog randomly and enjoyed this post a lot. Man, I think like ten years ago you prayed for me once at GU and I still remember that day really well. Thanks for writing this.