Recently I watched a strange dating programme. It was three
couples having all their dates in pitch black.
After a compatibility test and three ‘dates in the dark’
each person has the chance to see what their date looks like for ten seconds
and then they have to decide whether they want to see them again.
The sad thing was, even though two couples who had had a shaky
start both came out wanting to give it a go, the couple that had got on best in
the dark were completely derailed by seeing each other.
And that’s how we are sometimes, isn’t it? We can’t seem
to get beyond appearances, even though we try.
But Jesus said, “Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the
same way you judge others, you will be judged”.
Jesus isn’t
in the dark about who we are, He knows everything about us and yet He loves us
completely. Whatever our shape or size, our personality or our history. You are
His precious child and He loves you unconditionally.
How will
you respond to this kind of love? Just pick and choose the things you want to
believe about God and leave the rest in the dark? Walk away from Him and never
experience the relationship He offers you?
Why not do
what none of the people on that dating show managed to do, open your arms and
embrace Him completely.
When you
embrace God, you learn how to embrace others without judging. When you realise
how much He has overlooked in your life, and that He instead chooses to call you ‘perfect’, how much more will you be able to forgive the flaws of others?
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