Just being a person... redeemed of course...

Happy Monday, all. Looks like I'm becoming a Monday poster.... lol.

All is well. Normal, of course, running the rat-race, family, work, relationships, basketball (final four you know) and hoping, soon, to get to play some golf... ha.

But... constantly on my mind and heart is .... tada... The Lord. I am constantly thinking of Him, of Jesus and of my life in Him as a redeemed sinner who has no right to be called a child of God, a priest; His!! Yet, my thoughts, actions, words and demeanor do not accurately reflect who I am in Him. It is enough to drive me nuts.

I was drawn to David's Psalm 51 this AM as I was confessing my inner turmoil. It enlivened me, again, to how we are all the same and it is God's redemption, God's mercy and God's grace that allows me (us Believers) to have any value, any worth, any validity to represent Him on this earth.

Psalm 51

9 Hide your face from my sins and blot out all my iniquity.
10 Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.
11 Do not cast me from your presence or take your Holy Spirit from me.
12 Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.

He will and He does....

Love you

Bill/Dad

Interesting; just yesterday afternoon Anne and I were listening to a few CD's in her car and one of the Christian compelation CD's had Gary Chapman's (Amy Grants' first husband) song on it, "A Man After Your Own Heart". It really touched my heart.........

"Oh God, Father in heaven and earth I call to You like deep calls to deep over water. Show me Your endless measure of grace. Let tender mercies shine once again from Your holy face. Deep in my soul there's a craving to please the One who has saved me. O God, though I have fallen so far You know that I'm still a man after Your own heart.

I am driven by rivers of pride. You are my rescue the Maker and Keeper of my life. Lead me by the still waters again. Use me in spite of the prodigal child that You know I am. Just as a deer runs to water, so does my soul to You, Father. O God, though I have wandered so far You know that I'm still, a man after Your own heart. I'm still a man after Your own heart."

Are you?