Thursday, October 18

Question

Tonight's post consists of a question. I got it from my cousin Jodie, as she asked her Awana kids this the other night.

Who is God to you?

I'd love to hear your answer . . . and I'd bet that God would too.
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2 comments:

Michele B said...

I finally got my laptop back up and running… The problem was a bad modem, but it took a long time for us to figure that out.

But now that I’m back to reading your blog it’s so great to see you’re still blogging daily. I praise God for your faithfulness… You go girl!

But what a question to tackle. And I’ve been blessed just thinking about how to answer.

Who is God to me? And in how many words or less? No matter, there aren’t enough words in my vocabulary for that one, anyway, so I’ll just give it a shot.

It’d be easy and true to say all the standard things. He’s my Rock, my shelter. My very present help in times of trouble. Oh, He’s ALL that. But since I’m uniquely me, I’ll try to focus on what makes God uniquely “my God” to me.

He makes me want to get up in the morning, even though I’m not a morning person. Because of Him, I seldom use words such as “coincidence,” “chance” and “luck.” He inspires me to try to always do the right thing, even when no one else could possibly know I didn’t.

He’s the reason that years ago I stopped flipping off seemingly bad drivers. Yes, I admit I did that. I know “Christians” don’t do such a thing. I did. Until my Lord reminded me (okay, it took a couple dozen/gazillion times) that anyone can make a mistake or have a bad day (especially me!).

He’s such a giver. He gives me amazing ideas or solutions I’d never come up with on my own. He gives me insights into some of the reasons people hurt others. And oftentimes that person hurting others is me. He convicts me of those sins, and others, but doesn’t leave me there. He pulls me up out of the mire and cleans me up, then helps me in very practical ways to do better next time.

He’s a reminder. He reminds me what it’s like to be a child. He reminds me what it’s like to feel invisible to others when I want to be visible. He reminds me that He’s preparing me for something, and preparing something for me. He reminds me that the PG&E bill is coming due and I haven’t set up payment online yet. He entrusts us with pets and plants that remind me of the Garden and our rightful place of authority and responsibility in His creation. How He’s in every leaf, every bit of DNA, every supernova. He’s the root Cause of it all.

He causes me to want to take care of myself, and not just because I’ll look and feel better for it, but because though I may not look it, I am in truth a warrior in His army, and there are still battles to be fought.

I’m going to get graphically specific here, because I think my Lord wants me to. I’m 52, soon to be 53, and it’s getting more important with every passing year.

I try to eat right and exercise. I go to the doctor and get my Pap smear and other lovely testing done regularly. I started going to the dentist again a few years back despite not going for years and despite a huge dentist phobia. We’re talking major meltdown. And that was before “sedation dentistry” was all the rage. He got me through it. I even floss regularly now. I have yearly mammograms (and a family history of breast cancer in my Mom and two sisters).

And here’s the real biggie for me right now. After two years of refusing, I’m going for my first surveillance colonoscopy this year. Yes, Aimee, I listened when you admonished me a few weeks ago, darn it! But it’s not just because of you, it’s because God spoke through you.

Does this all sound like a contradiction to the “luck” and “chance” statement I made above? Like I’m trusting more in modern medicine than in the Lord? If so, the reader might have to work that out for oneself. For me it works out like this. I’m not my own, I’m bought with a price. A price that was incredibly dear. If my Master tells me to get over myself and do these things for Him, then I need to do them.

Please don’t get the idea I’ve got all this down. Far, far from it! But I’m going in that direction. Because of Him.

There’s so much more, but this is too long already. I look forward to reading Who He is to you all out there on this amazing blog. I love you, Joanne. You inspire me!!!

October 20, 2007 at 7:05 AM
Joanne Reese said...

Michele,

I love what you wrote! Thank you for sharing what God means to you. I can see that your relationship with Him is very solid.

You comments have encouraged me to keep my heart humble and my mind open.

Joanne

October 20, 2007 at 7:58 PM

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