And he wept...

I am thinking of two great men of old. I am thinking of Moses and David, men that did great exploits for God. One thing, just one thing turned it around. For Moses it was the simple task of speaking rather than splitting a rock, for David it was worse, taking another man's wife.
I am not talking about the deeds but what they did after. I am talking because, I wonder at this time what it would take to change God's mind when it is made up. We make mistakes everyday, for some we directly disobey God. What does it take to change the mind of God at a point where we have messed up so bad that He is dead set on correcting us in His way.
How does an intercessor for a nation get punished for something seeming so little, but so great in the eyes of God. Punished to the point where he loses the promise. How does a king who betrayed a friend commander get to survive and live on and even give birth to a son who becomes king? David wept, for seven straight days and God turned his back on him... Moses for all he had done for and with God could not get Him to change His mind.
The question I ask today is where do you draw the line? How do you know what to fight for and what to live with? How do you know when to cry and when to accept the punishment God has in store for the errors you have made? Truth is you never know, the difference between David and Moses was Nathan an intercessor.. Someone to speak to God on your behalf, someone who can bring you to that place where your tears will mean something to God.
David wept... And nothing happened..
Jesus wept and Lazarus came back from the dead.
Abraham spoke to God and Lot and his family were saved.
The same Moses who pleaded time without number on behalf of the people of Israel couldn't plead for himself.
The same Jesus who laid hands on people, healed the sick and raised the dead couldn't plead with God at the moment where He took our sins...
And He wept, just like His Father in heaven did, just as He does each time I stray.
We have an advocate with th Father, our Saviour Jesus Christ, but then that God forgives us doesn't mean we will not be punished for our sins.
Correction is costly and painful but totally worth it, it purges, it cleanses and it makes us whole again and one with God, if only we accept it.

We struggle we fight, we persevere and hold on,
Crying and angry, sad and weeping,
Searching for signs, when the sign is right before your eyes.
Looking for warnings, when the danger is all around...
Thinking you are following directions, when you are lost..
When you have been lost for so long, that you can't find yourself..
This is not the time to think, not the time to ponder...
This is not the time to fight, but the time to surrender.
He is searching, your Father is, the Shepherd is as well,
The Comforter is waiting for you at that point,
The point where you give in and surrender,
Where you give up and return to His warmth and rest.
Lift up your eyes from all that is around you..
Lift up your eyes and see the situation as it is..
You are not alone..
He has been with you all along just waiting.
Waiting to say, Welcome Home..