I definitely am not a writer, but sometimes my thoughts just get themselves through my blood, down my arm, and out of my fingertips. And onto a page...
This is a meditation taken from my green notebook about the song "By Your Side" by House of Heroes.
These two lines bring tears to my eyes.
"When you see the face of our Maker."
When, not if.
This means I will see the face of God. It will happen. (Psalm 17:15, 27:8)
This means I won't get lost in death's passage.
This means he will not let me slip through his hands. (John 10:27-29)
I'm his child, he cares about me... he knows me intimately... everything about me.... (Psalm 139)
So then, the promise is a "when" and not an "if".
"You don't have to be ashamed,
he knows the promises we made."
Another sweet promise. (Titus 1:3)
A gift. (Romans 6:23)
He is the father of the prodigal, running to us when we turn our feet and hearts homeward... (Luke 15)
He tosses our sins as far as the east is from the west. They are pieces of a broken vessel that he tramples underfoot as he runs...crushing them until they are dust. (Colossians 1:13-14, I John 1:9)
They cannot be gathered again.
They are forgotten, completely and utterly erased.
No shame found here.
Death cannot hold fear, shame, doubt, or regrets over me. I'm forgiven.
Death is just one more step closer to home.
Closer to HIM.
For he is real life. (Revelation 22:12, 16-17)
