Today is a day of feeling being misunderstood. How many of you have ever felt that way. You wish you can just sit and explain that what others understand is not what really happened. It feels like you don’t get a chance to set the record straight.

You worry about what people will perceive. It just feels and looks like people tend to believe the lie easier than they do the truth. I have been misunderstood so many times in my life it is not funny. Most of the times they still don’t know the real truth. Am I saying that I was always right? Absolutely not. I don’t have a problem manning up to the mistakes I have made but even that seems to be taken out of context. So what has this to do with my pursuit of God? How does this help me to find Him?

Let me ask you a question:

Has God ever been misunderstood? Can you feel His frustration when we believe the enemies' lies and never give Him a chance to set it straight? You have believed the enemies' lie that you are not good enough. You have believed that God is still angry with you and ready to just punish you. He is this big, bad God that just sits and waits for you to make a mistake. I hear people ask the question if God will really send people to hell, an eternity without Him and His presence.

You see the lie is that God will never send anyone to hell.

The truth is they all chose to go there. God gives us all the choice to choose Him, even the ones that don’t want Him. God wants all to be saved and no one to be lost. He will not interfere with your choice. Can you see how God’s goodness is misunderstood?

So today I learn that even in my misunderstandings He is there. I am not alone in this. If He is here then I am able to touch Him, connect with Him, and He can help me through this.

We are not responsible for people's perceptions. People will always perceive things in their own way. What matters is if their perceptions are right. Is what you understand about God true and right?