When you sink down to the lowest version of yourself, Jesus is down there, loving you. When you see yourself for the person you really are and the reality of that self-reflection is a horror and a nightmare, He’s there, still longing for you. When you hate yourself in ways you never hated an enemy, and when you see more clearly than anyone who’s ever slandered you just how much could be said about you, He’s right there, still wanting you to be His own. Jesus knows you completely and loves you still. That’s a simple statement, but there’s nothing more deep or more powerful than those few words. If you have never looked in the mirror and despaired about who you have become, just wait. Maybe you’ve never gone that far down, and maybe you just haven’t lived enough yet, but all honest people come to that place. Anyone who’s willing to be real about who they are has felt the desperate anguish of wishing they were someone or something else. One time a prostitute gatecrashed a dinner party where Jesus was supposedly being honored. She made a fool of herself by pouring perfume on His feet, kissing them, sobbing and thanking Him. The host of the party assumed that Jesus didn’t know what she was, but He knew everything. He knew and His love changed her. We’re all like her, and that’s okay. Jesus sees you even more clearly than you do, but He doesn’t hate you. He’s more familiar with your failures and hypocrisies but He loves you more deeply than anyone. He really sees you and truly loves you. Nothing can change it, but when you really believe that, it will change you.
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