Today I met up with a friend to connect over lunch. While there, on one of the trips from our table to the coffee refill station, I noticed an elderly woman sitting by herself, hunched over a small pile of papers. As I got closer, I realized that the small pile of papers was actually an incredibly worn copy of a daily devotion book. Curious, I leaned over and asked, “Excuse me, are you reading a devotion?”
She nodded in response.
I commented on how wonderfully “well-loved” the pages were. She told me that she reads it often.
I thanked her for her bold, beautiful example that reminded me—and maybe everyone else around her too—how good it is to make time to connect with God in our day. Then I told her that I would plan on getting a newer edition of that same devotion book and bring it for her the next time I come to that location.
And that’s exactly what I plan to do. But only God knows if I will ever see that woman again.
It got me thinking. Only God knows if I will ever see YOU again. I’m talking to you, the person reading this blog post right now. Tomorrow is not a guarantee, and another moment with you is not something I want to take for granted. So I want to take a moment to say the most important thing I could think to say (just in case I never get another moment with you).
It’s wonderful that you’re here right now. It’s so bold and beautiful of you to be setting aside time to connect with God.
- Keep being curious about God.
- Keep praising him for the good people, places, and things in your life.
- Keep asking God to reveal his definition of good to you as you wrestle with hard circumstances.
- Keep believing that Jesus sees you and loves you beyond your wildest imagination.
And if you’re reading this but the reality is that you’re barely hanging on by a thread, I want you to read this truth about God:
Hallelujah!
You who serve GOD, praise GOD!
Just to speak his name is praise!
Just to remember GOD is a blessing—
now and tomorrow and always.
From east to west, from dawn to dusk,
keep lifting all your praises to GOD!
GOD is higher than anything and anyone,
outshining everything you can see in the skies.
Who can compare with GOD, our God,
so majestically enthroned,
Surveying his magnificent
heavens and earth?
He picks up the poor from out of the dirt,
rescues the forgotten who’ve been thrown out with the trash,
Seats them among the honored guests,
a place of honor among the brightest and best.
He gives childless couples a family,
gives them joy as the parents of children.
Hallelujah! (Psalm 113 MSG)
And if you’re reading this and you’re having the very best day of your life, I want you to read that very same truth about God.
- God is with you all the time (not just when it’s easy to feel it).
- God is good all the time (not just when it’s easy to see it).
- God loves you all the time (not just when you love him).
- God saved you (even if you’re not quite sure you believe that yet).
I hope you come back here sometime to learn more about Jesus and connect with him.
