Just As I Am
“Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me. I lift my lamp beside the golden door.” These words are the slogan of the United States of America. They are transcribed on a plaque at the Statue of Liberty, the proud-standing statue guarding over Liberty Island in New York Harbor that invites all those disenfranchised from around the world to her shores and offers them a safe haven. But think about those words for a moment. They sounds familiar, do they not? Of course they do. This is the same sentiment used to describe God’s willingness to accept us. Picture God saying to the world “Bring me your tired. Bring me your poor. Bring me your sinners. Bring me your wretched. Bring me the lost.” See, God doesn’t want the clean and sinless (well, he does, but that’s not the point). He isn’t looking for perfection. He created us, and he knows we can’t attain perfection...