The Gap

There is a gap between my theology--what I know intellectually--and what I have learned by experience to be true. There is a wider gap between what I know in my head, what I have learned by experience, and the depth of my obedience. Always falling short. Yet, our God is the God of our hearts. He knows my desire for obedience, and He is satisfied. In my struggles He gives more grace. In my exasperation because "the things I desire to do I don't, and the things I don't want to do, I do," He assures my heart so that I can cry out with the Apostle Paul, "Thanks be to God who gives the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ." How miraculous to be loved by the God who knows my weaknesses and my struggles with faithfulness and instead of condemning lavishes my life with His grace and mercy and strength.