Someone mentioned when we see ourselves as God does or that we will be in the New Jerusalem, when God wipes away our every tears...then we can begin to heal and put to death the old broken us and be born again into the people God intends for us to be.
This reminds me of two concepts.
"Its not your fault"
"I accept you as you are"
So much of life is due to circumstance and what our family and society we are born
into. So much of what we become is down to things of chance, bad situations, troubled
people, bad teachers etc. We blame ourselves we could have handled it better or not
done this so it is our fault. A strong part of healing is realising it is not our fault, it just
happened. It is what it is and it hurts and is difficult.
Jesus has zero expectations of us, just wants us to understand He loves us. We cannot
become anything by ourselves, it will always be His work in our lives and us following.
He knows everything about us, the rubbish and the good and still He says you are my
beloved. This is the cross, this is God becoming a man and dying for me. Who knows
nothing, who is confused, and lost, and in a world of lost empty people. And yet he
knocks and asks, "Will you invite me in?"
These two things changed me and still changes me. But it seems few see what is
before their eyes, how deep is the love He has for us.
My family an emotional wreck, in a society of fake everything without any real
knowledge of life and love, chasing after dreams and show, as the kids slowly die
before their parents eyes. But in there Jesus plants a seed. Love matters, love
is the Key, love overcomes and changes all before it in Christ. But it takes years
to build and put in place where a desert blows and fear of betrayal locks hearts
away.