Hope

[inspiredfly]

I feel like an imposter. I feel exactly like the Pauper of the Prince and the Pauper. I'm in a palace, and I'm pretending to be something I'm not. I'm not royalty, who am I kidding?? And here I stand, invited into the presence of the King and afraid that he'll see me for what I really am, a prostitute, and his eyes will darken with a sense of

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[panda_whoopin]

Well, even if I didn't think you were cool, God still does, and he's who really matters, right? I mean, I don't have to tell you that he's forgiven you for all those sins, including the ones that are "piling up even as I speak". I don't have to tell you that you're not just a forgiven sinner but that you're a new creation that is righteous holy and pure in God's sight. I don't have to tell you those things, but I am because they're good to hear. It's like John Meyer likes to say, if God didn't like you, he wouldn't have made you

[estameguapo]

Sometimes it scares me how much alike we are. I swear this is like every 15th page in the journal of my life.

I am completly, utterly, bankrupt. Helpless, hopless, incurable. And God knew it infinitly more than I can when He did something about it.

And He loves me infinitely more than I understand, knowing that I am not going to get out of this flesh and all its corruptions until I die.

And so now all I have to do is not be helpless or stuck in this body and its corruptions so that He doesnt find out what a wretch I really am so that He will keep loving me.... wait...