Your Name
Engrossed in the books lining the shelves of my favorite book store, I didn’t see her standing there. Truthfully, if I had, I may have timidly turned and gone the other way before she spotted me. The leader of our very large Bible Study group, she is a woman I deeply respect and admire. The depth of her wisdom and her ability to communicate it have ministered to me in ways that can’t be measured. Our eyes met. She smiled, “Hi Linda. How are you?” My dumbfounded response was, “I can’t believe you remember my name.”
I believe there is a yearning in every heart to be known – a recognition of our worth. How else to account for this counting of comments and followers, the posting of videos and pictures, the recording of even the smallest of events in our daily lives. A simple record of our family’s history can suddenly take on a life of its own – a competition with huge numbers the reward.
See me; notice me; approve of me. It is the cry of the human heart. We fret when we think we have somehow failed; when we feel small and less than everyone else. We try harder. It is a game we cannot seem to win.
The great Creator sees the longing in our hearts and whispers the ancient words. “You are mine. I love you. I love everything about you. You are perfect in my sight because I see you through Him. You don’t have to do one single thing to win my approval. You already have it. ”
Who can take it in? This One, who placed the stars in the heavens and knows each one by name. This One who spoke and the worlds came into being. This One who holds all things in His hands – hands that span the galaxies. This One who is greater, higher, wiser, more powerful than our minds can take in – He knows your name.
There is a song by Tommy Walker that speaks about this miraculous love:
He Knows My Name
I have a maker, He formed my heart
Before even time began, my life was in His hands.
I have a Father, He calls me His own
He’ll never leave me, no matter where I go.
He knows my name; He knows my every thought.
He sees each tear that falls, and He hears me when I call.
“To him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear His voice, and He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.”
John 10:3 NASB
Blessings,
Linda
What a beautiful reminder that we are know by the One who created the heaven and the earth.
The song my Tommy Walker we sing sometimes during baptism.
Thank you Linda to remind me that I am known by God.
So amazing to stop and think about this! Our Lord is so good!
We sure do need that Love…
To think that He has engraved us on the palm of His hand. Thank you, Linda, for the thoughts you share.
Such encouraging thoughts.