Intimately Acquainted

A month ago I began reading "A Year With God"--Living Out the Spiritual Disciplines, edited by Richard J. Foster and Julia L. Roller.  I had been searching for a devotional book to assist me in my quiet moments with God.  I tend to lean towards having some type of guide to lead and challenge me in my quest to know Him.

The timing of this book has been wonderfully  purposeful.  My first twenty-five days I spent in the Spiritual Practice of Looking for God and Learning from Jesus.  During this time I was faced with a situation which required a response from me.  I know that what I was studying with God, drew me deeper into Him, and compelled me to convey my heart in a more Christ-like fashion.

Today, I began the Spiritual Practice of Simple Prayer.  Remarkably, this evening had been set aside for my husband and I to meet with some friends to pray!  We are deeply burdened for a friend, and one of our foursome challenged us to a more concerted prayer time.  It was beautiful to hear and express, heartfelt, earnest prayers on behalf of someone we love.

And what I'm struck with is... He knew!  God knew that this particular book would provide direction and challenge and encouragement in the unfoldings of my life and those around me.  It shouldn't surprise me.  Psalm 139:3b expresses what David knows to be true... "You are intimately acquainted with all my ways."  Now I suppose to some that might be unnerving.  God knows everything I do??!!!  Yikes!!  But for me, these words have always been comforting.  I relish God's intimate knowing of me and what is transpiring in my life. Truly, I desire God to be this intimate, this creative, this involved. 

I know that there are countless times that I miss the ways in which He is expressing His intimacy towards me.  But recently, my eyes are wide open.

I'm so in awe of Him.