When we take a good look at ourselves it is not a pretty picture.  We are all irascible, unlovely, self-absorbed, secretive, guarded, closed, defensive --- and lonely, seeking love and acceptance, needing someone to care, scared, scarred, ugly within and without, and unable to change ourselves into the persons we would like to be.  Sounds pretty hopeless doesn’t it?  We would remain hopeless except that God has sent us a Savior and He has taken on himself the responsibility to change us. God knows us profoundly and intimately from the inside out.  No sigh goes unnoticed; no tear falls unseen; no heart aches alone; no thought goes unknown; no life goes unheeded.  God loves us all--right now, as we are; God loves us all--always, even in knowing who we were, as well as who we will be; God loves us all-- misfit, miscreant, and maladjusted. We are all, in some part, all of these: yet, God loves us all. We are all in line for reconstruction; however, that reconstruction will be consummated instantly when we shall see Him as He is and we are changed in an instant, like unto His glorious body. Until then, we can actually decide how we want to change, and God willing, start on a path that leads us to a better version of ourselves. Psychobabble and pop-psychology?  I don't think so---just the reality that God is in control and He wants the best for His children.

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