My eyes will not see any farther than the sovereign God has allowed.  My ears will not hear beyond what the sovereign God has allowed.  If I am touched there must be contact for the sovereign God has made it so.  My nose will not smell unless the scent is near for the sovereign God has made me this way.

I do not know violence if it is not within my sight.  I cannot hear filthy words unless the sound is near.  I do not feel the impact of hatred unless I am touched.  The smell of human blood and fear evades my nose unless it is near.  All of this is so because the sovereign God has made us this way.

Lovely limits, perfect limits, merciful and righteous limits.  For what human heart can endure the terrors of this place in full?

God protects us all from the unholy horror of our way.  He alone is removed and strong enough to bear the onslaught of sin.  He sees and hears with perfect eyes and ears; nothing man does escapes him.  He feels the ripple of rebellion.  And the smell of fear and blood reaches his Holy Throne.

As we sleep the din does not cease.  As the sun rises the volume increases.  Yet the patient love of God endures.  When he finally vents his wrath a stillness will appear.  All wicked appearances, all unholy words, all violence from our hands, all the putrid stench of our ungodly ways will cease.
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There is vastly more ungodly men then those he has raised up for himself.  When a car or a house passes by me, I can reasonably assume it is full of ungodly people.  I can reasonably assume it contains wickedness.  Yet God is merciful to us all.

For I do not see all wickedness nor could I bear the onslaught.  I do not hear every blasphemous and violent word, nor could I bear the onslaught.  All wicked hands cannot touch me, for I could not bear the onslaught.  And the full stench of violent acts cannot be smelled by the nose he has allowed me to wear, for I could not bear the onslaught.

Lovely limits are placed upon us.  Our fragile state was known even as he created this place.  Therefore he is my God!  Willingness fills me with admiration and worship.  He was righteous before the vast universe was made.  He is Holy and perfect patient love while this place of testing and testimony moves through time.

Therefore test me my God.  Purge from me the things that offend.  Build your holy house of promise around my soul.  Lead me through this day with great patience and strength.  Teach me not to offend.  Seal my flesh lest I add to the din.  Let a peaceful life come upon me for your sake and for your Holy name. 

You are Jesus, the Holy Son of the Most High God!  Glory for all that is good rests on you, and rightly so.  May the Holy Father be pleased by the work that you do upon me.  By your grace I have spoken.  By your grace I have understood.  And by your grace I will accomplish.  May the Holy will of your Father be done forever.  Amen.

By His Grace