My Personal God

I came across 4 very special verses in the Bible that expresses to me volumes of how personal God is to me. Generically it for everyone: me, my friends, strangers, and you! We are all the apple of His eye. So here goes:

Psalms 56:8 " You have taken account of my wanderings; Put my tears in Your bottle. Are they not in Your book? (NASB)

We wander so much. What does wander means? It could be a host of things like running away because of fear, shame, anguish, seeking the truth, seeking for answers. Our thoughts, our minds, our soul restless in wander. We are in pain, thus we cry for we are but - human.

How precious it is of God who takes account of our wanderings, not to use them agaisnt us but to show us that He knows our struggles, our hurts, our anguish that translates into tears sometimes seen by our closest friends but more often than not, unseen behind close doors and in security of the darkness at night.

He puts our tears in His bottle. How precious is that? Our anguish are for nothing, for it means something to Him. Added to that, He records them in His book. "Anna cried because she lost her job" "Justin cried for the friendships broken...." "James cried cos his favourite toy was stolen by bullies..." Simple, true and very revelant in daily events of life. He saves those tears, He writes the reasons in His book. Not to be legalistic but hey.... God shares in our joy too. Tears of joy are also included in this. He knows. He shares them all.

Isaiah 49: 16 "Look, I've written your names on the backs of my hands. The walls you're rebuilding are never out of my sight." (MSG)

The first thing that comes to my mind is: TATOO! Tatoo is an art of engraving something permanent. With over a billion of people that had lived, and are living and are yet to be borned and lived - God must have pretty BIG HANDS. It's mind blowing to have the our names engraved on His hands. We are remembered. We are loved.

That is what tatoos in modern day context is all about. When a name is tatooed, we want to remember that person because we love that person and because it is out of such intimate and closeness of that relationship that a person would consider a tattoo. Now I'm not talking about art tatoos. Those are different. It is just art. I'm talking about those you see on the arms of men with a woman's name. That kind only thing is - God's engraving is much more personal and much more painful - on His palms.

Tell me who would tatoo on the palms? It's painful for the skin is too thin. Personally, I believe God through Jesus did just that - when He died on the cross as His hands were crucified. I bet as He yelled in immensed pain, He would have looked at His hands and remember - "I've written your names on the palms of my hands" He remembers why He is doing this for us - because of love.

"The walls you're rebuilding are never out of my sight." Personally this speaks to me off broken lives, broken dreams, broken hopes, broken anything. Our attempts as we rebuild our lives again from devastating circumstances can be rather trying and at times so difficult. Once again, He knows our toil, He knows our difficulty for He watches over us.

Psalms 139: 17 - 18 "Your thoughts—how rare, how beautiful! God, I'll never comprehend them! I couldn't even begin to count them any more than I could count the sand of the sea." (MSG)

Humanely, I think it is possible to count our thoughts about our loved ones. Simply because our thoughts are limited. With God it is limitless UNLESS you can count the grains of the sand. It will be forever and precisely that is how Eternal God is. That is how ever present God is. His thoughts are with us. He is thinking of you at every hour, every minute, every second and even at this instance.

Here's something to think about:

Zephaniah 3: 17 "For the Lord your God is living among you. He is a mighty savior.He will take delight in you with gladness. With his love, he will calm all your fears. He will rejoice over you with joyful songs.” (NLT)

I mean what more can you ask from God?

• He is a sentimentalist - He keeps your tears.
• He is a historian - He records our effort, difficulties, our joys, our happiness
• He is a romantic lover of our souls - He engraves our names
• He is a dreamer - He thinks about you day and night 24/7
• He is a musician - He serenades us with songs.

This is how personal and real my God is. You are precious in His heart.