"Reaching Out"

"Awake, why sleepest Thou, O LORD? arise, cast us not off for ever." (Psalms 44:23) In all of life, there is nothing that is more awakening than death. I get that; and I also see why God allows for us to experience loss; not that He needs us to understand how fragile this life is, because I think we get that also; but because we need to understand how much we need Him. How much do I really reach out to God for help? Not as much as I should, that is for sure! Either one of three things exist in our hearts that prevent us from reaching out to God: either we don't feel worthy, we don't think He cares, or we think we can handle it ourselves. Two of those three are shown above, with a little more focus on the second, as in, Does God even care? Well, Does He? I think we should let God speak for Himself, and He has! Some read Genesis 6:6 and misunderstand the heart of God, as if God can repent for something that He has done; but God does not change (Malachi 3:6); and if He does not change, shouldn't that also mean that He does not change His mind? Wait, before you start trying to think of excuses, start thinking of promises that God has given; try to use a little Philippians 4:8 when it comes to God's character, because God is love, and in Him is no darkness at all (1 John 1:5); darkness being unhappiness and ruin, which is the consequences of sin. Within each of us there dwells this kind of darkness, which is the sorrow and despair we anguish over our sins, coupled with the destruction that is the wake of our sins, there is a serious need for repentance. Yet with God, He has no such experience, nor does He need to feel the need to repent from anything, because He is all-knowing. In this "darkness" which is spoken of, we have the first of those three reasons, being that we don't feel worthy to reach out to God; not necessarily because we are unhappy in that we sinned, but rather that we feel that God is unhappy towards us, and because of that our lives are ruined. Nothing, absolutely nothing could be further from the truth!!! The God that we serve is a God of mercy and restoration! He is waiting for us to reach out to Him, because He offers mercy; therefore, we surely do not want to try and do this on our own...
"For God sent not His Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through Him might be saved. He that believeth on Him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God." (John 317-21)