Holy Father

Man's idea of his own good is always measured relatively against some other man's "badness"
"Good" is always relative

Only holiness is its own absolute

Holy Father...
The only True standard by which we can measure "goodness" -
and yet once we measure ourselves against holiness,
we realize "there is none good but God".

Our righteousness is but filthy rags
That's what that means...
Even the best "good" we can do
never matches up to Truth and holiness.

If we're honest and truly humble in the light of holiness,
We realize that we always have, always do, and always will fall short -
and must beg for mercy in the light of His holiness
and trust in His righteousness instead of our own.

Only through the death and work of Jesus Christ on the cross
can holiness ever reach down to us.
He's the only door to eternity in the presence of our
Holy Father.

Thank You Father for-giving me eyes to see You.

You are the Lord my God...

The Confessions of St. Augustine

You were my Guide, and You helped me return to viewing reality through the eyes of my soul, such as I had, instead of placing the eyes of my mind above the eyes of my soul. Through spiritual eyes I was better able to see the Light Unchangeable...

But this Light did stand above my soul, because the Light made me;
I stood below the Light, because I was made by it.
He that knows the truth knows what that Light is.
And he that knows truth knows eternity.
And he that knows love knows truth.
O Truth who is Eternity!
O Love who is Truth!
O Eternity who is Love!
You are my God. To You do I sigh night and day.

... In the glare, I trembled with love and awe, and I perceived that I was far off from You, I was living in a region foreign to You, and I heard Your voice from a distant height...

As I listened to Your high voice, I beheld other things that are below You... only One truly exists and remains unchangeably existing. It is then good for me to hold fast unto God, for if I remain not in Him, I cannot live in myself. But since He remains steadfast, He is able to renew all things.

You are the Lord my God, who stands in no need of my goodness in order for You to exist.