The Holy Spirit walks with me all day. He's usually pretty quiet, but thankfully I am usually listening so I can respond when I hear his voice. The other day when I was working on my CBS assignment, He let out a shout! I was reading a story that I've read many, many times. Hagar is pregnant and she has run away from her mistress Sarai because she has been treated harshly. The woman would rather wander the desert alone than be safe at home.
I was drowsily reading it again, searching for the answer to one of the assignment questions. When I got to the part where an angel of the Lord approaches Hagar and tells her she will have a son and that she should return to her mistress and submit to her. Genesis 16:13 She gave this name to the Lord who spoke to her: "You are the God who sees me," for she said, "I have now seen the one who sees me."
This story mirrors my experience with the Lord. I did not grow up in a Christian home. I became a Christian when I went to college. I had little knowledge of the Bible and had only a minimal understanding of what that little bit meant. But God came to me in the wilderness and spoke lovingly to me. And I can look back on that early part of my life when I had little or no knowledge of God, He knew me intimately and he "saw" me as I was, and by golly, He wanted me for His own. I have seen the one who sees me, and I have been blessed ever since. My sincere prayer is that everyone who reads this will see the God who sees them and will fall into His arms.
Posted by tessa at 20:21 | Comments (1)
Wow! I have to comment on this one. What a beautiful word picture of the way God sees us even when we are not aware of the fact. Thank-you Tessa for sharing your heart with us. You are a blessing to our family! Love, Becky
Posted by: Becky at October 26,2004 21:50