Well, here it is just gone 1am in Adelaide, Australia and I am still sitting at the old key board tapping out my thoughts when I probably should be getting some sleep. I learnt, yesterday, that what I am doing is called diarising and I guess that's correct as I don't actually have anything planned, I just write as I think. My thought for today comes from the book of Hebrews.
Just about every time that I pray in public, I thank God for His promise that He will never leave me, nor forsake me and that is found in Hebrews 13:5. Why do I cling so tightly to this promise?
I think it has quite a bit to do with the human need to belong. Sometimes that need is so strong in someone who feels unloved, (whether they are or not) that errors in judgement occur and we can end up accepting inappropriate people or groups, just to achieve that feeling of belonging. These choices can end up hurting us and leaving us more miserable than when we were alone, as we end up seeking any relationship, whether it is suitable or not.
That is not so when God is the one to whom we choose to belong. Jeremiah 1:5 tells us that God has known us forever, not just since we were born; forever. It says that even before we were formed in our mothers' wombs, God knew us. When someone has known us for that long, and still wants us in their life, there must be something really special about that person. God knows everything that we have ever done, everything that we have ever said, even every inner feeling that we have ever had, and He still wants us to be part of His family.
I am so glad that I ended up accepting a relationship with God and I know that He has kept that promise to me. Even when I 'wandered in the wilderness' when my late sister was ill and eventually passed away, I knew that He was with me helping me to accept things as they were.
I don't really know how to close this post, except to say, 'Thank You Lord, for Your promise that You will never leave me, nor forsake me. Thank You that I can call you Abba Father and that You call me daughter. Thank You for all of the wonderful gifts that You have bestowed upon me through Your beloved Son Jesus Christ, who died and rose again so that I may have eternal life. Amen
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I really dont know what to comment here, except to say "Thank you Lord for Susiegee's new Blog and her great love and faith in you."
ReplyDeleteI can say that I echo the close of your post when you wrote:
'Thank You Lord, for Your promise that You will never leave me, nor forsake me. Thank You that I can call you Abba Father and that You call me daughter. Thank You for all of the wonderful gifts that You have bestowed upon me through Your beloved Son Jesus Christ, who died and rose again so that I may have eternal life. Amen'