Even my feet
I love this picture. If you haven’t already done so, scroll down to the bottom of the page and look at it. I asked David to stand so I could memorialize the day he graduated from WKU. He stood and waved at me as if to say “It’s me, Mom. I’m here.” And in an instant I captured the moment. In a sea of thousands of other graduates in black or blue caps and gowns I recognized David -- my son – just like God recognizes me, where in a sea of people with unknown faces,sometimes I think He doesn’t.
Let me tell you how much God loves and sees you. Moses records in Deuteronomy 8:4 when he tells the Israelites to always remember the way God led them out of Egypt: “Your clothing did not wear out on you nor did your foot swell these forty years.” The God who spoke and created light, the God who perched the sun up in the sky, was concerned about the condition of their clothing and that their feet did not swell. He knew they would be walking, wandering in the wilderness for forty years. That’s the God you and I serve. How he must have felt when His people complained about not having water and bread (the basic necessities) while he was caring for clothes and feet – maybe feet just like Judas’s who betrayed him -- that he washed.
He meticulously cares for us whether we realize it or not. Matthew reminds us: “Look at the birds of the air, they do not sow, nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them.”…. “Observe how the lilies of the field grow; they do not toil nor did do they spin, yet … not even Solomon in all his glory clothed himself like one of these.” From the Message, James says this about Job: "You've heard, of course, of Job's staying power, and you know how God brought it all together for him at the end. That's because God cares, cares right down to the last detail." James 5:11
Like I searched for David amidst a sea of unknown faces to take his picture, “the eyes of the Lord move to and fro throughout the earth that He may strongly support those whose heart is completely His.” 2 Chronicles 16:9 Even though you might think you're completely lost in the crowd, he still sees and recognizes you and supplies your every need. He loves you very much.
My Jesus knows when I am lonely,
He knows each pain,
He sees each tear;
He understand each lonely heartache,
He understands because He cares.
My Jesus knows when I am burdened,
He knows how much my heart can bear;
He lifts me up when I am sinking,
And brings me joy beyond compare.
When other friends seem to forget me,
When skies are dark, when hope is gone;
By faith I feel His arms about me,
And hear Him say, “You’re not alone.”
My Jesus knows just what I need,
Oh, yes, He knows just what I need,
He satisfies,
And every need supplies,
Yes, He knows just what I need.
Words & Music by Mosie Lister (1955)
Let me tell you how much God loves and sees you. Moses records in Deuteronomy 8:4 when he tells the Israelites to always remember the way God led them out of Egypt: “Your clothing did not wear out on you nor did your foot swell these forty years.” The God who spoke and created light, the God who perched the sun up in the sky, was concerned about the condition of their clothing and that their feet did not swell. He knew they would be walking, wandering in the wilderness for forty years. That’s the God you and I serve. How he must have felt when His people complained about not having water and bread (the basic necessities) while he was caring for clothes and feet – maybe feet just like Judas’s who betrayed him -- that he washed.
He meticulously cares for us whether we realize it or not. Matthew reminds us: “Look at the birds of the air, they do not sow, nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them.”…. “Observe how the lilies of the field grow; they do not toil nor did do they spin, yet … not even Solomon in all his glory clothed himself like one of these.” From the Message, James says this about Job: "You've heard, of course, of Job's staying power, and you know how God brought it all together for him at the end. That's because God cares, cares right down to the last detail." James 5:11
Like I searched for David amidst a sea of unknown faces to take his picture, “the eyes of the Lord move to and fro throughout the earth that He may strongly support those whose heart is completely His.” 2 Chronicles 16:9 Even though you might think you're completely lost in the crowd, he still sees and recognizes you and supplies your every need. He loves you very much.
My Jesus knows when I am lonely,
He knows each pain,
He sees each tear;
He understand each lonely heartache,
He understands because He cares.
My Jesus knows when I am burdened,
He knows how much my heart can bear;
He lifts me up when I am sinking,
And brings me joy beyond compare.
When other friends seem to forget me,
When skies are dark, when hope is gone;
By faith I feel His arms about me,
And hear Him say, “You’re not alone.”
My Jesus knows just what I need,
Oh, yes, He knows just what I need,
He satisfies,
And every need supplies,
Yes, He knows just what I need.
Words & Music by Mosie Lister (1955)
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