Psalm 139:13-16 (MSG)
“Oh yes, you shaped me first inside, then out; you formed me in my mother’s womb. I thank you, High God—you’re breathtaking! Body and soul, I am marvelously made! I worship in adoration—what a creation! You know me inside and out, you know every bone in my body; You know exactly how I was made, bit by bit, how I was sculpted from nothing into something. Like an open book, you watched me grow from conception to birth; all the stages of my life were spread out before you, The days of my life all prepared before I’d even lived one day.”
Each person’s identity is worth far more than we realize. God knows us far more than we know ourselves. I’m learning that our life’s mission is to glorify our Lord with who God made us to be.
“Between the pandemic and personal issues, I’ve come to realize that healing comes with sitting in an open, truthful relationship with the Lord. Not out of religion or requirement or anything other than dwelling in relationship with Him every single day. Relationships are built on honesty. Honesty about my pain, my disappointments, my expectations. Instead of pretending, I talk to God about the times I feel that He failed me or how it seemed like so many of those promises we proclaimed did not pass. If I feel that God let me down, I talk about it. To me, that’s true intimacy. I’m not acting like I’m okay and keeping it all inside because that’s the proper religious thing to do.” - Jonathan Evans
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