Fail...

Failure...we all do it. How we reach failure is different with all of us, yet at some point in our lives we are bound to find ourselves there. The last one picked, on the losing team, at a dead end, drop out, fired,  disappointed...the list goes on.
I use to think every time I failed, which was a lot, then God saw me as I saw my failures. This could not be further from the truth. As a new mom, my beautiful daughter has this habit of peeing right when I'm in the middle of changing her diaper. In the process of taking the dirty diaper off and reaching for the new one she pees, all over the mat, the blanket, and even on her clothes. It becomes one big mess!
The point Im trying to make is that when God catches us in our mess does he walk away? Does He look down at us from Heaven with disgust? NO! God the Father is full of love. I would never stop loving my daughter because of a mess she made or a mistake she makes just like God the father will not stop loving us.
Satan loves to remind us of our past and our shortcomings but guess what? God does not remember our sins. Isaiah 43:25 says,

"I, even I, am he who blots out your transgressions, for my own sake, and remembers your sins no more.." Thank God we have a loving Father who stands ready to receive us again with open arms. The only thing that can keep us from receiving His love is us...

A New Adventure

Welcome to parenthood! I am officially a new mommy. July 28th, 2012 has forever changed my heart, and my life. My beautiful Isabella has arrived! How I have learned so much, even in this past week.
My perspective as God as the Father is so new! As new parents know, newborns don't sleep a whole lot through the night. They cry, get hungry, spit up, poop/pee, cry, cry and cry! :) It's hard for me to sleep mostly because I am wanting to make sure she is ok. The first whimper or sound I am quick to get her. I do not ignore those cries. I do not shut her out. It makes me think of God, how He responds to our cries. It tends to be in the nighttime, the darker moments of our lives when we feel He is the furthest away. How could I who loves my daughter so much ignore her desperate attempts to get my attention. BUT GOD, who loves us more then we will ever be able to understand, will never ignore our attempts to get his attention. He will always hear us when we cry out to him. He does not ignore us. It may not be a quick response, but He is always on time. He may not respond the way we expect, but He will always meet our needs. Psalm 37:25 says, "I have been young and now am old; yet i have not seen the righteous forsaken, Nor his descendants begging bread." Psalm 40:1-2, "I waited patiently for the Lord; And He inclined to me, and heard my cry. He also brought me up out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay and set my feet upon a rock and established my steps."  Our Father God is always tending to us whether we can see Him or not:)