Promise 83 from Exodus 33:19

Ex. 33:19 - "And He said, 'I Myself will make all My goodness pass before you, and will proclaim the name of the Lord before you; and I will be gracious, and will show compassion on whom I will show compassion'." - God is just soooo good! I don't understand why we grow up with this image of God as a mean, sour-faced judge ready to toss down His gavel as soon as we do something wrong. Or as a God that we have to beg and plead for His attention., favour or grace and mercy. That is just so wrong! God is good, He delights to reveal His goodness to us, ALL of it. He Himself said that He would pour out His grace and compassion and He delights to bathe His children with it. I don't know about you, but my gracious and compassionate God has a big smile on His face. He dances over me and shouts for Joy. He laughs and makes me laugh. He also cries when I cry and when I do do something wrong, He is hugging me as I seek forgiveness and He is giving it. Let's break out of our experience box where we see Him as a harsh Judge and Master and draw into His loving arms as our Abba Daddy today!