This poem is one that I wrote a while ago, back in high school.  

I spent time searching the bible and looking at the character of God, seeing a theme of how he gives grace over and over again, reaching out to people who didn't ask for it, but needed it, even if they didn't know they needed it.  Everything he does, he does out of a place of sacrificial love and a desire to draw people into relationship with himself.  He pursues people with boundless grace, compassion, and mercy.

I continue to learn over and over again how much I need God. In recognizing my need for him, I see him show up in ways in my life that I otherwise wouldn't have expected.  He shows up in hard circumstances and gives me hope; he shows up in my pain and gives me comfort; he shows up in my sin and gives me a chance to start over; he shows up in my everyday and gives me patience when I don't feel it.  When I feel undeserving of being in his presence, he reminds me that I can be there, not because of what I have done, but because of what he accomplished on the cross. 

That is what this poem is about. Underserved grace, to have new beginnings, to be in his presence, and to live out of a place of relationship with a God who sees my wrongdoings and yet still says, "Come, sit with me. Let's journey this together."

I hope you are encouraged by this today: you are worthy, loved, and can come as you are into the presence of God!  When you seek God, you will find him.