The Lord looks from heaven;
He sees all the sons of men.
From the place of His dwelling He looks
On all the inhabitants of the earth;
He fashions their hearts individually;
He considers all their works.
I'm brought back to that night in the prayer chapel, when God used Isaac to speak to me.
I am so amazed still.
Sometimes I take it as a passing thought that God hears my prayers; I go all trite and think, "Yes, He listens." And that thought just ends there.
But to actually see it play out... it's crazy.
I was pouring my heart out to Him, laying out before Him all my hurt, and He was actually listening.
He was listening and He did something about it to comfort me and still me before Him.
He looks. He sees. He fashions all our hearts individually. He considers all our works.
בִּין (bene)
a primitive root;
^ H995: to separate mentally (or distinguish), i.e.(generally) understand:—attend, consider, be cunning, diligently, direct, discern, eloquent, feel, inform, instruct, have intelligence, know, look well to, mark, perceive, be prudent, regard, (can) skill(-full), teach, think, (cause, make to, get, give, have) understand(-ing), view, (deal) wise(-ly, man).
He's looking intently, picking out the good, the bad.
As with many other passages in the Scriptures, it gives me both a duty to and a love for Him.
Matthew 10:30
But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
Psalm 139:17-18
How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God!
How great is the sum of them!
If I should count them, they would be more in number than the sand;
When I awake, I am still with You.
If I should count them, they would be more in number than the sand;
When I awake, I am still with You.
This world has distorted the definition of love.
The opposite of love isn't hatred--it is indifference.
I have a really, really, really loving God.
Psalm 33:13-15;
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