Grace Beyond Time

God knows you. He looks at you from a place of completion, not from where you started or from where you are now. I like to remind people that God invented time and He exists outside of time. He holds it in His hands. When He looks at you, He's always seen you across the span of time. And so He not only sees you where you are now, He sees you in the future. And that's where God fixes His gaze on you, just as He did with Gideon, who the angel addressed as a "mighty man" long before Gideon fit that description. It's how He looked at Moses before, Abraham, or Joseph, or Ruth, or Mary Magdalene, or any of the disciples, and basically any and every child of God. He sees us full and completed. So, here's what you need to understand in your heart: He loved you in the past. He loved you first, before you loved Him. He loves who you are now. He loves who you are becoming and He knows far better than you do the process of growth that takes you from where you are, to where you will be. And the important thing is, is He has patience for it. He loves you through that process.