Sometimes we hide mistakes in the pursuit of perfection.....

Nothing can separate
Even if I ran away
Your love never fails

I know I still make mistakes
But You have new mercies for me everyday
Your love never fails

You stay the same through the ages
Your love never changes
There maybe pain in the night but joy comes in the morning

And when the oceans rage
I don't have to be afraid
Because I know that You love me
Your love never fails

The wind is strong and the water's deep
But I'm not alone in these open seas
Cause Your love never fails

The chasm is far too wide
I never thought I'd reach the other side
But Your love never fails

You make all things work together for my good

I am loving this song right now because of hard times in my marriage. In my attempt to be Superman for my wife, I failed to share with her I am just as imperfect as I make her feel sometimes. I wanted to so desperately be the standard that I forgot I'm not....Jesus is. She doesn't have to live up to me because I'm trying to do the same thing she is. Just be more like Jesus....not be Jesus.
This lyric is really speaking to me:

I know I still make mistakes
But You have new mercies for me everyday
Your love never fails

It's reminding me that we all make mistakes and all we can do is love each other through them because God loves us through the mistakes.
I wonder how many times our half truths, masks, and fear of rejection stop us from seeing God's great mercies in times of trouble and doubt. We become like Adam and Eve hiding in the garden from each other and God.
Fellowship and marriage alike is based on a raw honesty without fear of condemnation. It's hard to get there because we think, "Will they still accept me when they find out who I really am and what I really am going through?" We end up living these superficial life's based on what we think we can and cannot let out. Distance of the heart is first born as a seed within the distance of space I think.
But we have this promise at the end of this song that comes from Romans,

And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose. For those whom He foreknew, He also predestined to become conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brethren; and these whom He predestined, He also called; and these whom He called, He also justified; and these whom He justified, He also glorified. What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who is against us?

1. When our focus is on loving God, we can live His purpose of loving others.
2. We are not to conform others to our image or understanding, but we are together called to conform to the image and love of Jesus.
3. If we are in God and God is in us, nothing can stop a marriage or an assembly of believers from becoming what God has called them to be.

I am encouraged for the future and what God has predestined from the beginning.....If God is for us, who is against us?

But in all these things we overwhelmingly conquer through Him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Amen
- Posted in the moment

Location:Coffee shop