Understood and misunderstood
We all knows what is the meaning of being misunderstood.
When we tell a friend that we like their hair short, and when they hear, " I don't like your long hair "
We shake our heads and wonder how an innocent comment can erupt into a disagreement so quickly.
Sometimes we head to the self help section to learn how to fix the problem.
Books tell us that if we can just learn to understand ourselves,
everyone else will follow suit.
But the closer we look inside, the more we discover we're a mystery as well.
Its like when we want to lose weight but we eat too much suppers.
We long to be kind to people we love, yet we raise our voices at them.
We desire to follow God faithfully but we find ourselves wandering off the path.
We don't seem to understand ourselves very well either.
This kind of situation is nothing new.
The prophet Jeremiah wondered long time ago,
" The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it ? "
Fortunately, Someone stepped in and answered the question by saying
" The Lord search the heart and examine the mind. "
There is this Someone who understands us completely.
All my motives, mysteries and misunderstandings are clear to Him.
He knows what you do and why you do it.
The best psychologist in the world can't hold a candle to the light God can shed on our heart and soul.
God is not in the business of keeping secret.
He is not sitting on His heavenly throne with His arms folded saying.
" You people go and setter out for your own ah! "
God is always speaking through our heart and through His words in the book of knowledge and wisdom,
through prayers, through other believers and even through our situations.
We grow up learning to pray,
" God, help me understand what to do. "
It seems more complex to pray,
" God, help me understand who I am. "
So we listen to other voices.
Where every book cover at the checkout stand seems to say,
" We understand you, and we've got the 10 steps to happiness you need. "
Yet the answers prove to be hollow, and we long again for someone to truly deeply understand and know every part of us.
When we were young, we play the passing of message game.
If we want to know the origin of the message, we have to go back to the source.
The same is true when it comes to being understood.
When we draw near to the One who knows us totally, we can ask,
" What is the truth about who I am "
What do You need to show me about my heart?
Whatever the answer may be, I can be sure God's love and grace will come through loud and clear.
I am totally understood.
For I am loved by Someone who understands me more than I understand myself.
Thank you Father for understanding me totally and wholesomely. You know who I am and what I am. You know why I do things and what makes me do it.
I give my heart to You Lord,
You truly knows what I've tried and hard work done to love.
Father You alone knows how and what I have been through.
I am grateful to You for making me who I am now.
Always leading from glory to glory.
Thank you for loving me so much and so much!
I am so contented with life filled with Your wholesome grace and mercy.
