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Just As I am Without One Plea; seems to be the message I am
receiving almost daily. I understand it to mean, take me as I am, Lord. And
he does. No matter what I do, there will always be the forgiving grace of God.
Again, not that one should continue to intentionally ignore the right of
things, but when one strays, there is always forgiveness. But one has to “ask.”
We all sin every day, and God knows this because he sent his
only son to live among us to learn how difficult our life was going to be as a
result of the first sin. The big one, in the Garden of Eden, where Eve faltered
and fell for Satan’s pleas to convince her that God was holding out on her and
Adam. I can’t imagine what must have gone through their head that day. They had
everything they could ever want and yet, they were tempted by Satan to want
more. We see this every day in our life. So many around us want so much more
than they have; and do not believe that they sin, and they become resentful of
what others have that they don’t possess. That is sin, wanting what others have
without justification or real need. Material possessions were never the thing
that God gave to make us happy. We had everything we needed, we still do, but
yet so many want so much more. Why? What are people not satisfied by what they
have? I understand those that are going without basic needs, especially when so
many have so much, but if we all learned to share more of what we have, every
day, with others; there could come a time when no one would go without.
Imagine, no one going without basic needs, no one in the
world; no one without water, food, shelter, clothes, warmth, good health. The
resources are there and yet we may never see such a grand change in our
lifetime, but imagine what it would feel like, if we knew without a shadow of a
doubt that there was not a single person anywhere; going without something they
absolutely need to survive? Take a moment and think that thought and experience the
feeling. Amazing right? “Just as I am without one plea; but that thy
blood was shed for me.” That says it all.
