Psalm 139:1-10
For the director of music. Of David. A psalm.

¹ O LORD , you have searched me
and you know me.
² You know when I sit and when I rise;
you perceive my thoughts from afar.
³ You discern my going out and my lying down;
you are familiar with all my ways.
⁴ Before a word is on my tongue
you know it completely, O LORD .

⁵ You hem me in-behind and before;
you have laid your hand upon me.
⁶ Such knowledge is too wonderful for me,
too lofty for me to attain.

⁷ Where can I go from your Spirit?
Where can I flee from your presence?
⁸ If I go up to the heavens, you are there;
if I make my bed in the depths, ^[1] you are there.
⁹ If I rise on the wings of the dawn,
if I settle on the far side of the sea,
¹⁰ even there your hand will guide me,
your right hand will hold me fast.

I think the song from the sit com "Cheers" resonates with a lot of people--they want to find a place "where everybody knows my name, and everybody's glad I came." The sense of having a history with another, of really being known by someone, is a rare thing in our fast-paced society. People move a lot, and even families don't commonly stay together.

How great it is to know, then, that our God knows us in and out. We can go nowhere to escape him. He is in the heavens, in the depths, in the dawn and across the ocean. He knows our thoughts and all that we do, and he guides us and holds us fast.

And even though we are sinful people and he knows every dark deed, he still loves and forgives us. To be known and loved so completely--that is an awesome feeling.

- posted by Suzi @ 6:34 AM