Opposites attract

For some strange reason I woke up with this thought today. "opposites attract" I was thinking about how we are always attracted to things that we are not. Think about all the couples you know. Isn't it almost always the case?

When I woke up this morning I wasn't necessarily thinking about dating or marriage though. I woke up thinking how we are attracted to God's holiness because we are so far from it. The more we recognize our sins the more His attribute of holiness seems to appeal to us. Pride causes us to see ourselves closer to God than we really are, therefore the attraction to God is decreased. God pursued something completely contrary to Himself, sinners who were dead in our trespasses. We were attracted to something completely alien to our conscience, His perfectness.

The more I recognize my sinfulness the more my soul cries out to be near Him. The more I think I am near Him the more my appetite for Him decreases.

The beginning, present and future of my salvation depends on my past, present and future recognition of His grace for me.