graphic: Martha G. Brady
O Lord, you have searched me and known me!
You know when I sit down and when I rise up;
you discern my thoughts from afar.
You search out my path and my lying down
and are acquainted with all my ways.
Even before a word is on my tongue,
behold, O Lord, you know it altogether.
You hem me in, behind and before,
and lay your hand upon me.
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me;
it is high; I cannot attain it.
Where shall I go from your Spirit?
Or where shall I flee from your presence?
If I ascend to heaven, you are there!
If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there!
If I take the wings of the morning
and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,
even there your hand shall lead me,
and your right hand shall hold me.
If I say, “Surely the darkness shall cover me,
and the light about me be night,”
even the darkness is not dark to you;
the night is bright as the day,
for darkness is as light with you.For you formed my inward parts;
you knitted me together in my mother’s womb.
I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.[a]
Wonderful are your works;
my soul knows it very well.
My frame was not hidden from you,
when I was being made in secret,
intricately woven in the depths of the earth.
Your eyes saw my unformed substance;
in your book were written, every one of them,
the days that were formed for me,
when as yet there was none of them.
How precious to me are your thoughts, O God!
How vast is the sum of them!
If I would count them, they are more than the sand.
I awake, and I am still with you.Psalm 39:1-18
Despite the fact that GOD knows me better than I know myself…
Or even want to.
He knows each hidden motive behind every word I say.
He knows those hidden sins I carefully hide
In the cracks and crevices of my heart
That I don’t want to acknowledge even to myself!
He knows about everything that has happened in my life
Including every sinful event of omission and commission.
He knows all the baggage.
Yet the description for His thoughts toward me are
precious?
I am speechless. What more can I say?
Simply that at the cross,
He forgave me every single bit of it
Even though it cost Him His life.
Him knowing me and putting with me is all that counts. Sure look forward to meeting him face-to-face in the not-distant future. Thank you.
i look forward to meeting Him someday too joanne:) it will be quite something won’t it? we were discussing this with our 2 of our grands the other day. it was fun discussing what heaven would be like and how it would all play out ie. what gardening would be like, what stunning colors there would be, what it would like to never be sick, ever, not even a headache! it was a lot of fun:)
the thing that started it was talking about when we become angels and how we won’t become angels…how they are different, etc. quite an interesting discussion:)
Well, you just made me smile and smile and smile this morning when I read what you sent to me. A blessing and heartfilled reality. Thanks much.