My wife was grading a science test at home that she had given to her elementary-school class and was reading some of the results to me. The subject was “The Human Body,” and the first question was: “Name one of the major functions of the skin.” One child wrote: “To keep people who look at you from throwing up.” – Contributed by Sam Jarrett, Reader’s Digest.
I know that is not very nice, but why did you smile? Wouldn’t you think that an omniscient God who sees everything would have that response? However, listen to how God sees us:
Isaiah 53:6
We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to our own way;
and the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.
Genesis 8:21
And the Lord smelled a soothing aroma. Then the Lord said in His heart, “I will never again curse the ground for man’s sake, although the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth; nor will I again destroy every living thing as I have done.”
In Christ we’re beautiful, for our sin is covered by His redemptive work at Calvary. Otherwise, the truth of who we really are is enough to make anyone regurgitate. Give it some thought.
Gary