The Underside of the Tapestry

God is not like me.

How long has it taken me to learn this?
A lifetime.
And yet in a few startling minutes in His Word this morning, I think I finally understood it fully. Why do I measure His decisions and His works by my opinion? How can I stand up to Him and say: “What you just did was not right; it was unjust, unnecessary, or just plain wrong?” I am looking upwards at Him . . . see His universe. And I only see the underside of His tapestry, and the whole picture is hidden from all excepting Him.
So I am blind to His motives.
I cannot understand what He is doing and why. All that I know is that He does love me with an everlasting love, and that He is not only worthy of my honor and praise--- but worthy of trust. Able to hold my dreams, wishes, pain and sorrow. His hands are the safest place I can put my deepest longings and fears. And not only can He keep them safe, He holds them so that I don’t have to bend under their burden.
Isn’t my God amazing?
Think of this for a minute: There is a God. He is great, mighty, and so powerful that we can’t even imagine it. He spoke and the universe formed. He breathed and His creation of man came to life. The whole enormous universe He set into motion is only one of many that He created merely to show off His glory, and all of them put together are immensely dwarfed by He Himself. He never did wrong. He never was created. And yet this awe-inspiring being loves you. And cries over your pain. Feels your sorrow. Carries your load.
Yes, this is my God. And this is the one who reigns in my heart and controls my life. And I am so glad He does.