Revelation=Loathing=relationship Lk5:8 s4e57

Exposure to the Lord is not a pretty thing.  Oh, I know that He is all shiny and bright and perfect and wonderful.  But I am not.  I am a killer, coveter, luster, stealer, irritated and gossip.

When I realize all of that, I want to PULL BACK.  It is not so much as I don't WANT to be in relationship with God, it is that I CANNOT be in relationship with God with this great chasm.  

 I say, "DEPART from me.  I am a sinful man and I live with a bunch of sinful men and women. Get out of here God.  With this difference between us, this is just NOT going to work out.  You are holy and I am not.  We must just end this right now.   We are too separate. It's not You, it's ME.  I loathe myself"

So what is God's response?  The ball in in His court. Does He agree and withdraw? Or, does He agree and push in? His answer means EVERYTHING to us.  It all depends on what God does next.  Listen with Peter and find out what happens.  What a story!