But I, by your great love, can come into your house; in reverence I bow down toward your holy temple. Psalm 5:7

Often people joke with me saying if they walked into a church the ceiling would crumble, or some other such “devastation”.  It is a way of saying they don’t attend worship – and deep down, there is something they have done or are doing that preclude them from the sanctuary.

It may be a joke from someone who just doesn’t want to go to church, yet deep inside there is something else.  Many people just do not feel that they are good enough to be in the holy space.  They believe their sinfulness makes them unworthy of God’s love.

Yet the psalmist makes it clear – we, through God’s love, can come into God’s house.  It is not about our holiness, rather God’s holiness and grace.  It is not about how good or bad we are, rather how much God loves us and wants our presence.

Our worth is not determined by us, rather by God for it is in God’s image we are created, and God’s actions we can be forgiven and redeemed.

Peace,

Pastor Bill