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It’s easy to love someone from a distance
To admire them and wish to be close
At a distance, you don’t see their sin
And even if you do it’s easy to let go
Because at a distance they are perfect
But God doesn’t have such a pleasure with us
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At a distance, we can look like saints
We can hide our claws and our dirty linen
From a distance, we can fool even ourselves
Because in this murkiness, none sees our masks
But our sin is ever before him, day and night
And yet his love never misses the dawn or dusk
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How sweet distant love seems
A love without commitment
A love that can never hurt
But a lie in it’s truest form
But his love is true love
For he knows my dirty heart
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I wish he could hide from my sin
I wish he saw my heart only from a distance
Perhaps he would think less of my wretchedness
Maybe I could fool him like all of you
But how do you hide from the omnipresent?
Where can I go further away from his presence?
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He knows me, he always has and will do forever
He saw me in my mother’s womb
He heard me scheme my first lie
But he loved me enough to die for me
And he came to dwell with me forever
Because he cannot love from a distance
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It’s not a distant love that you and I need
It’s to be known fully yet loved abundantly
To be known enough to be changed by His Spirit
And loved enough to be always sure of his love
Though my sin pains me, his love overwhelms me
And I can draw closer to the one who truly loves me
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I love it Peter..
to be fully known and yet loved
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Beautiful words , fully known by him to be fully freed by Him.
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Even though my sin is great yet His love is overwhelming. Good reminder that we can still draw closer to him.
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Fully known yet loved abundantly.. a great reflection and insight on this wonderful truth.
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