Still confused by all the affection flowing from Him
To me, I ask, “What about the rest of the sheep
You didn’t leave them all to come looking for me
When I wasn’t looking for You?” “Safe,” was His simple
Response. “Safe by themselves?” I wondered aloud.
How can that be? I’ve been by myself many a month
Wandering, the last thing I felt was safe until now.
I knew safety the moment my eyes rested on Him
In that valley of chaos. I knew safety when He found me.
He nodded confirmation as my confusion dispersed,
“You left them all to find me? Why would You do that?”
I could never understand the ways of so great a Shepherd
But He made it easier “You matter beloved! For you,
I would give up all I can. For you, I would go every length.”

Food For Thought: God’s ways are so past finding! Many a times I sit and wonder, “Who am I O God that You mind so much?” As I ponder His Majesty, leaving all the dazzling glories of heaven, electing to live in works of clay that fall and break and need repair, I marvel. As I behold the matchless wonders He performs, yet He spares His power for my weakness and needs, I am awed. When I consider the entire creation He controls, yet He has time enough for me, more time than I am willing to spend on Him, I am humbled. Why does God go out of His way, again and again, to save the ignorant, help the ungrateful, love the hateful, and be there for the lowly and the lonely? Why does God care so much He has to humble Himself continually to be with us and bear with us? I admit that there are things we will not fully comprehend on this side of heaven so I rest my case on this.

Scripture: He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things? Romans 8: 32.

Prayer: Dear Lord, what a shock, yet what a pleasure, to know that just as I am, I matter so much to You: thank You for loving me, amen.