He Looketh Upon the Heart

Of all of the parts of my humble abode, the Master bedroom has been the last to receive any aesthetic attention.

This because, as put by a good friend of mine, I have champagne tastes but a beer budget.

(Ironically, I've neither purchased nor swigged a single swallow of either.  But, I think you get the idea.)

So,

My room waits patiently for a face lift.

The other day I walked into my bedroom and I saw it with new eyes.

I realized that I have been viewing this room through the lens of potential:

Complete with fine lines and linen.

I see it as I hope it will be and as I plan for it to become.

But in that moment,

I saw it as my neighbor might see it:

An insult to interior design.

And I realized,

I was looking not on the outward appearance of my room, but on its heart.

In that moment, I understood myself more fully in the sight of God.

For, as the scripture says, "the Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart."

This morning, this truth was reinforced as I read the words of President Dieter Uchtdorf:

"God sees you not only as a mortal being on a small planet [or as a mismatched Master bedroom] who lives for a brief season --He sees you as His child.  He sees you as the being you are capable and designed to become..."

The grandeur of the design of my room has yet to come to pass.  I realize that; I know what it's going to become and have the patience to build my budget penny upon penny, dollar upon dollar.

The grandeur of ourselves also has yet come to pass.  God realizes that; He, as Chief Architect, knows what the Master Plan is and what we are going to become.  He has infinite patience and love as we build our character, line upon line, precept upon precept.

I believe the Apostle Paul when he says, "Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God has prepared for them that love him."

And I learn to be more patient with myself.