God is pretty neat. He can make stars and part the seas and bring the dead to life and a whole bunch of cool stuff like that. He is big and strong and powerful. The Creator of the Universe. The Great I Am.
And yet He cares about the small things.
People, by comparison, are pretty messy. They break promises, hurt one another, and generally fail at a lot of things. They are selfish and weak. Every one of us falls short of our own expectations, the way we wish we were.
And yet we matter to God.
I think sometimes in all the modern "I am a friend of Jesus" stuff, we forget the awesomeness of that. Yes, by grace we are forgiven and counted among the sons of God, as co-inheritors with Christ. Yes, we are his Saints, called to bring his light to the world and be his hands and feet on earth. But only because He made it that way.
God chose to love me and forgive me. Not because He had to. Not because I'm not that bad. But because in His essence He is love and grace.
I'm going to take a moment now to thank my Lord and Saviour for everything He has done for me. I'm not going to gloss over the details of how messy I am and how pure He is. Instead, I'm going to appreciate that. It makes what He did even more amazing.
Thank You Lord.
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