Our God is SO GOOD!

Through this study of Revelation God has been really calling me to re-evaluate my view of our God. Reading through chapter 14 of Revelation has caused me to ask myself the question "if I were to sit and write down attributes of God, would wrath or even judgement be included in that list?" Being honest, I don't think either would. The list would be full of love, joy, grace, mercy...all the typical "christian" responses, but would judgement be present? Six times in chapter 14 alone does John refer to the Lord's judgement, and come on...the whole book is about His final judgement! And yet, would I consider it an attribute, a driving and prominent characteristic of God? How good a god we have that He follows through with his word! He is so jealous of us, of you, of ME, of His daughter Jennifer Nicole Harnett, that he yearns and cries of for my love and choice to die to myself and follow Him! He gave us the biggest sacrifice of his Son to, for lack of better words, suffer, just so that we [I] could have a one-on-one relationship with HIM!!!!! So what more could I, a sinner, a lost daughter, one of the fallen, expect when I choose to worship other god's? How narcissistic are we as a race to expect no consequence for our choices. And yet [still] He loves us and lifts up his robes and literally sprints to our return just to kiss us and throw a party in our honor after we dishonor and choose others before him. "God's wrath in the bible[and in life...yes, this is real life] is something which men choose for themselves...The basic choice was and is simple-either to respond to the summons 'come unto me...take my yoke upon you, and learn of me', or not; either to 'save' one's life by keeping it from Jesus's censure, and resisting His demand to take it over, or to 'lose' it by denying oneself, shouldering one's cross, becoming a disciple, and letting Jesus have His own disruptive way with one." (260-1) How much and often I forget the severity in which my choices effect my Daddy, my Yahweh. How much his heart pleas and is ripped to pieces when I turn away. And yet even through his anger and hatred of my sin and rebellion He wants my whole. My heart, my life, my body, my time, my energy, my everything. ME. All of it. Including the dirty and nasty messed up parts. Yes, the wrath is scary but man, oh man, how good our God is! Thank you God for your endless mercy and forgiveness and open arms welcoming me home from turning to other things. But most of all thank you for keeping your word and in the most complex and simple way, love us.