I fail. I just can't seem to get back on track with my Bible time. I'm either "too busy" or "too tired" or "too sick" to read a 30 second passage and look up a few Bible verses. That's sad. I hope God never decides He's "too busy" to be there when I need him. He actually has a lot to do what with being omni-everything and the Creator of everything. But I know that he would drop everything he's doing at a moment's notice to spend time with me. How selfish does that make me?
Today's passage is eerily applicable. God speaking through others directly to me. This morning I was singing "Jesus, Lover of My Soul" and that exact phrasing is in the reading. God knows you more intimately than anyone else. I know Eric knows me better than any person, but there are sure to be some things I don't tell him or want him to know about me. But God knows everything. He knows me better than I do because he knows what my future holds, what decisions I'm going to make, how those decisions will affect me, and everything I'll be thinking and feeling during those times. I love the sentence that says, "You don't need to work at revealing yourself to Me." That in itself is such a stress-reducer. I don't have to put on this mask or this front with Him. He knows when I'm really hurting or angry or prideful and loves me just the same. (Tangent: When people said that God could never love you any more or less than He does now, it used to bother me because I thought you could always love someone more. It wasn't until later that I realized what a huge burden that lifted off of me. It's not like I have to do something in particular to receive God's love. He loves me to His full capacity all the time. Whether I'm praising Him in church or watching some trash on tv.)
Luke 12:7 "And the very hairs on your head are all numbered. So don't be afraid; you are more valuable to God than a whole flock of sparrows."
John 1:12 "But to all who believed and accepted him, he gave the right to become children of God."
Romans 10:13 "For 'Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.'"