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Being misread is lonely, especially when defending yourself only makes it worse. God does not misunderstand you.
Featured Scripture
“O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me. Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off. For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether.”
Psalm 139:1-4, KJV
Truth to hold onto
God looks at the heart while people look at appearances. You do not have to win every explanation — your motives are safe with the One who already knows them altogether.
“For the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.”
“For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.”
A short prayer
Lord, You know what I meant even when no one else does. Free me from needing to prove myself. Guard my heart from bitterness and let me rest in being fully known by You. Amen.
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Where am I working hard to be understood, and can I entrust that to God today?