Today I went to bible study/Wednesday night Worship service at a local church in Alexandria. The commute is not the easiest, but it is always well worth it, and this evening was certainly no exception.
I arrived right on time to hear the pastor make several general announcements and begin with the testimony part of the program. The structure of testimony was a bit different on this occasion. Instead of sharing a particular event in our lives where the Lord has manifested his awesomeness in such a way that we feel compelled to share the good news with others; everyone shared their testimony in a form of a biblical verse.
I read one of my favorite psalms from the Old Testament. And of course I wanted to share it with all of you…
1 O LORD, you have searched me
and you know me.2 You know when I sit and when I rise;
you perceive my thoughts from afar.3 You discern my going out and my lying down;
you are familiar with all my ways.Psalms 139; New International Version
Passages evoke different emotions from each reader. Every time I read this particular chapter I get goosebumps.
Why? Because Psalms 139 encapsulates my relationship with God (as I understand it now, of course).
It is the literary summary of me acknowledging that despite the magnificence and grandeur that he is… I matter to him.
I am not simply a part of the masses but rather an individual he earnestly, genuinely and fervently cares about. And that thought alone makes me feel rather special.
à bientôt
xoxo
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