Friday, February 22, 2008

Intimately Known

God, investigate my life; get all the facts firsthand.

I'm an open book to you;

even from a distance, you know what I'm thinking.

You know when I leave and when I get back;

I'm never out of your sight.

You know everything I'm going to say

before I start the first sentence.

I look behind me and you're there,

then up ahead and you're there, too—

your reassuring presence, coming and going.

This is too much, too wonderful—

I can't take it all in!

(Psalm 139:1-6, MSG)

I love this passage in the Bible; not just these few verses, but the entirety of the Psalm. As women we all long to be known intimately by someone. We long for someone who is so close to us that they know what we're thinking before we say it, they can finish our sentences for us, they share inside jokes with us, they know every single tiny detail of our strengths and our weaknesses and they love us for exactly who we are. No hiding, no pretending. Just total freedom to be ourselves.

Well, guess what? God is that "someone"! It's so amazing to me. Right now God knows every single word I'm going to type before my fingers even hit the keys. He knows what brings me joy and what makes me sad. He knows what my favorite things are. He knows what makes me laugh and what makes me cry. He knows every single minute of the life I've lived and every single minute of the life I have yet to live. He knows my temptations and when I fall. He knows when I will feel regret and seek forgiveness. He knows who I love and how much I love them. He knows what time I will go to bed tonight and what dreams I will dream. He knows EVERYTHING! And He doesn't just know it... He cares about it. All of it. Every last detail.

I am loved. You are loved. It's amazing.