"Our Appearance"

"From the place of His habitation He looketh upon all the inhabitants of the earth." (Psalms 33:14) Looky-here, things don't always appear as they really are! Just one more little thing on the road to recovery, is the way you look; because if you really want to convince anyone, including yourself, that you are recovering, then you need to start appearing as though you are recovering! What a strange thing to talk about; Right? You might think so at first, but God "looketh" at us a little differently than we looks upon our selves: Praise God for that!!! To understand what I am trying to say, imagine you were standing far away from something that you can barely see, and then gazing upon it with a stare, trying to focus upon what you think you are looking at; that is the kind of "look" we are talking about here; which might seem rather odd, considering Who is doing the looking, until you understand all the dynamics of His habitation verse ours; let alone, the real appearance that we have, once we are washed in the blood of Jesus Christ His Son! The Bible says that He is not willing that any should perish (2 Peter 3:9); which basically means, that as far as He is concerned, we are all worthy of His love, and we are all capable of receiving His mercy; in His eyes, we are all His precious creation, and we are all in the same condition. That said, we must try to understand that His dwelling place and ours are really really far apart; we are talking light verses darkness far apart, which makes for a pretty far gap between the two areas, if you try and imagine the contrast. But God! (You know I love saying those two words!) But God stepped into the darkness to bring us into the Light! Praise Jesus! The Light of the world, literally means that Jesus is the Light in this darkened place that we inhabit! Oh yes! And it gets even better; because, once we have received Jesus Christ into our hearts, then we too are Lights in Him! Do use see the appearance that you have yet?
"Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ; as obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance: but as He which hath called you is holy, so be holy in all manner of conversation; because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy. And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear: forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversations received by tradition from your fathers; but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a Lamb without blemish and without spot: Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for YOU." (1 Peter 1:13-20)