I took Friday off from work because I felt I had so much to do, so many things to get done. in the middle of the day my brother stopped by to just hang out. It was good for us to just catch up because it had been awhile since just the two of us had a chance to speak.
As it usually does, our conversation moves through a significant, but complex weave of sports, family in general, our spouses, the entreprenurial spirit, our future, the challenges of today and God. This Friday conversation was a little different though, because we began to be more and more transparent about the things we had done in our past and our hopes for the future.
In our conversation, we began to talk a bit about the mistakes we each had made in our lives. The wonderful thing, however, is we began to rejoice in what God had done and continues to do for us now! We both married beautiful people. God had turned our lives around and we both left corporate America.. God has called us both into ministry in different ways. My brother was ordained a trustee in his church earlier this year.
I was reminded in our limited transparency to each other that God can see right through each of us. Whether we like it or not we are completely transparent to God. We try to hide things from God, from family, from friends and from ourselves. However, when we come to God as we are, God sees our ugly and looks past that to our good. God doesn't care about our mistakes, but focuses on our promise. The only that holds us back from our blessings is surrendering our lives to God... fully...
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