Because HE IS- I am

Because of Christ....

I am Forgiven **  Even if those I have hurt choose not to forgive me, even if I choose not to forgive myself,  God has, and that simply means that I am forgiven.

I am Loved **  In spite of the amount or depth of human love in my life or whether I feel loved,  I am Loved.  Whether I reach the mark or fail miserably, God still loves me...completely.

I am Understood**  Even if no one else "gets me"... God does.  I doesn't mean he always agrees but He always understands my heart.  He holds it, He owns it, and He has made it whole.

Reality

I read this yesterday in a book called Soul Satisfaction.  The Author is this poem is Frances Ridley Havergal who lived from 1839 - 1879.  I love when someones heart from so long ago has the capacity to touch mine. I just wanted to share it with you.

Reality, reality,
Lord Jesus Christ, Thou art to me!
From the Spectral mist and the driving clouds,
From the shifting shadows and the phantom crowds,
From unreal words and unreal lives,
Where truth with falsehood feebly strives.
From the passing away, the chance and change,
Flickerings, vanishings, swift and strange,
I turn to my glorious rest in Thee,
Who art the grand Reality!

Reality, reality,
In the brightest days Thou art to me!
Thou art the sunshine of my mirth;
Thou are the Heaven above my earth,
The spring of love of all my heart,
And the fountain of my song Thou art;
For dearer than the dearest now,
and better than the best art Thou,
Beloved Lord, in whom I see
Joy-giving, glad Reality.

Reality, reality,
In Thee is every type fulfilled;
In Thee is every yearning Stilled
For perfect beauty, truth and love;
For Thou art always far above
The grandest glimpse of our ideal;
Yet more and more we know Thee real,
And marvel more and more to see
Thine infinite Reality.