Make A Joyful Noise - "Just As I Am" (Luke 70:40-43)

Sir Oliver Cromwell instructed his portraitist to paint him as he was, "warts and all". Don't you wish someone would accept you for who you are, warts and all? Yet, so often, we hide these parts, afraid we will be both entirely seen and completely rejected. Sadly, we can't hide the worst of who we are from God. Amazingly, He loves us all the more! Jesus is proof that God comes to us, just as we are. Thankfully, He doesn't leave us there, but instead, He makes us new! Now that is something worth celebrating!