From Gary..... To know and be known

We are not alone; God is with us continually.  This cute little sign reminds us of that fact. God has been with us from the beginning- even before we uttered our first word.  In fact, it is HE who has made us, and made a design for our lives.  Its up to us to fulfill HIS plans.  Listed below is one of my favorite passages from the Bible; why? Because it seems to combine the loftiest of thoughts with some of the most beautiful of prose.  Read on...

Psalm 139 (WEB)

  1  Yahweh, you have searched me,
and you know me.  2 You know my sitting down and my rising up.
You perceive my thoughts from afar.
  3 You search out my path and my lying down,
and are acquainted with all my ways.
  4 For there is not a word on my tongue,
but, behold, Yahweh, you know it altogether.
  5 You hem me in behind and before.
You laid your hand on me.
  6 This knowledge is beyond me.
It’s lofty.
I can’t attain it.
  7 Where could I go from your Spirit?
Or where could I flee from your presence?
  8 If I ascend up into heaven, you are there.
If I make my bed in Sheol,^*n1 behold, you are there!
  9 If I take the wings of the dawn,
and settle in the uttermost parts of the sea;
  10 Even there your hand will lead me,
and your right hand will hold me.
  11 If I say, “Surely the darkness will overwhelm me;
the light around me will be night”;
  12 even the darkness doesn’t hide from you,
but the night shines as the day.
The darkness is like light to you.
  13 For you formed my inmost being.
You knit me together in my mother’s womb.
  14 I will give thanks to you,
for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.
Your works are wonderful.
My soul knows that very well.
  15 My frame wasn’t hidden from you,
when I was made in secret,
woven together in the depths of the earth.
  16 Your eyes saw my body.
In your book they were all written,
the days that were ordained for me,
when as yet there were none of them.
  17 How precious to me are your thoughts, God!
How vast is their sum!

To know and be known by God is truly awesome!!!  To be part of the ONE who created and organized EVERYTHING means that we in turn share in the ONENESS of EVERYTHING; for God is all in all!!!! So, don't live your life like GOD doesn't exist- if you do, you will miss out on what it really means to live!!!