SIMPLE GOD

Are you a member of the Hard-God Club? Well, I used to be the Brand Manager of the club. I used to think that my God is a very hard God. A God that demands a lot of things from me. A God that sees me as a You-have-to-be-always-right object. A God that is so far away, because He lives in His kingdom of righteousness while I am here stuck in my sinful and full of wrong deeds world. I’ve found them wrong when I am at my age now. I know for sure that I have gained a lot of new understandings on my thirties. Well, the old saying that says “the older, the wiser” is true in my case hehehe…
I have found that my God is a very simple God! All the thoughts and old understanding about Him has totally changed. My God is a kind of God that just sees me as ME. The fat, bald, impatient, a bit forgetful, yet still charming Kees De Roode. All that he sees is just my heart. I always say to Him, “Lord no matter what I am, my heart is in Your hand.” I love my God not because He’s famous, or just because He is the only one whom can allow me to enter His home, but just because He is He. Just that simple. He will always love me no matter what or who I am. He will always love me because He can’t deny Himself. He is the love. There’s no way that from a source of love can flow hatred or evil. He never says, “I don’t know you, you low & sinful thing! You have to be sin-free if you want to walk next to me!” He never demands us to be righteous. All He just asks is, “May I shine from your heart?”
Yes, You may Lord…