I want to thank you if you've been one of the people in the past few days who've been concerned or praying for me. I appreciate it. I love people praying for me! I do well and stay cheerful most days. Every now and then I have a day or an hour or even just a minute when I am lonely, discouraged, or fearful, but mostly I am okay. It is beautiful that when we reach the end of ourselves, God's strength shows up! I am sure your prayers and God are the reasons I am doing so well.
Now to my thoughts...
The main reason I love to video chat with Ryan is to see his mannerisms. The way he stretches, the way he yawns, the way he looks when he is reading, the way his fingers move, the way he snorts when he has sinus drainage, and the way he smiles are all so wonderfully familiar. It is part of my love for him and my intimacy with him to be familiar with these things.
Here's the cool part. Davids says, in Psalm 139:3, "You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways." God knows and loves each of us intimately. He is familiar with all our ways! He is familiar with all our ways even more than I am familiar with all Ryan's ways. It blows a the idea of a far off uninterested God away!
I have been memorizing Psalm 139. I am only working on verses 7 and 8 now. It has been so good! I encourage you to at least read it and think about memorizing it yourself. I do two verses at a time.
Love,
Jordon
I so appreciate that God knows us so much better than we know ourselves! He knows our thoughts, our needs, our desires. He also meets us where we need Him in the most perfect way. I think it's so neat how you are paying attention to those perfect encounters with God each day. I know that I often just plain miss them!
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