Well, no new news, no new pictures. I'm not feeling very witty and I don't want to overdose my lighthearted friends and family with heavy thought tonight (maybe tomorrow, though.) It was a gray day on the farm, even the dog thought it too gloomy to go out in. I don't think he ventured out until afternoon. It was misty and mucky. We had heavy rains in the night and early this morning- which sent Barry's pond up to it's rim. I enjoy the thundering sound of the water spilling over into the drain. The power of water is so.... uh, powerful.??
I need to confess too much wasted time the past couple of days, I like to take advantage of the fact that I'm not feeling well, to excuse some laziness. Now you know. I am a sinner, and that would be sin. So now, I'm about due to get to bed (at a decent hour) so that I will have adequate rest to manage whatever comes tomorrow. Pain is not an excuse for laziness, I need God's help to walk through every day whatever trial, pain, or joy may come. His Grace is sufficient for the day. Say hi sometime,
G'Night

But now you belong to Christ Jesus. Though you once were far away from God, now you have been brought near to him because of the blood of Christ. Eph 2:13 NLT

He sees with a steady gaze

My own sight of the precious blood is for my comfort; but it is the LORD's sight of it which secures my safety. Even when I am unable to behold it, the LORD looks at it and passes over me because of it. If I am not so much at ease as I ought to be, because my faith is dim, yet I am equally safe because the LORD's eye is not dim, and He sees the blood of the great Sacrifice with steady gaze. What a joy is this! ~C. H. Spurgeon

Often, I find my faith becoming dim. I just don't "feel" close to God. I am distracted, self-absorbed, prone to wander. I'm not looking at what Christ's sacrifice has won. What a comfort it is that my security is never in question because I feel far off from God. I have been purchased by this blood, I am his child. I am safe because He always sees me covered by the blood of Christ. Even when I am not looking, He is... and he sees Christ's blood instead of my sinful, wandering heart. I came upon this quote tonight, and I am so grateful to God for his mercy. I am not less secure when I sin, because of how I am seen by God. This knowledge frees me from living under condemnation, which just paralyzes. The security grants freedom to live for Him without fear. It isn't security to do what I want, but security which frees me to serve Him.
What do you need to do to have this security? You must turn to Christ, admit that you have sinned, turn away from your sin and toward God. Talk to Him. There is no security outside of this, because only the blood of Christ can remove the punishment that we all have earned for living our lives as we pleased... without Him (this is what sin is). If you're reading this, maybe it is because you were meant to. As a Christian you will gain this security, you will know this joy.
G'night