Who may climb the mountain of the Lord? Who may stand in his holy place? 

Only those whose hands and hearts are pure, who do not worship idols and never tell lies.

Psalms 24:3-4 NLT

In the middle of his song David asks a great question: 

Who is good enough?

Who is qualified?

Who gets the right to meet with God?

And his answer?

No one. 

He doesn't come out and say it directly but none of us are gonna make the standard. 

Either God's standard has to drop, or there is another way. And Jesus tells us that he is that way. 

No longer are we bound up by endless work to be enough, to be good enough, we are accepted as we are, welcomed in, embraced, clothed, fed, belong. 

Becuase of Jesus.

In Jesus.

And as a result, we get to climb the mountain of the Lord and stand in his holy place. 

That's what love does - love makes a way for the beloved, and that is who we are. 

Maybe today that's a place to motivate us, change us, move us, or maybe it's a place to rest and heal, and that's OK.

Maybe it's both, a place of growth and of healing at the same time...

#psalms

#psalm24

#healingandhope