He Knows My Name

Good Morning,
 
Psychologist say the most hurtful thing a society can do to an individual is to ignore him.  Have you ever felt alone? Have you ever felt abandoned, even by God? Have you ever felt you have been left to face the world and its trials all by yourself? If so, you can join the rest of us and the writer of this psalm. He felt he had been abandoned by God, that he was all alone. The psalmist was concerned that he was not getting through to God, that his prayers were not being heard. God appeared to be unmoved by his prayers.
 
" But I, O Lord, cry out to you; in the morning my prayer comes before you.  O Lord, why do you cast me off?  Why do you hide your face from me."  Psalm 88:13
 
There is a small arctic seabird called the guillemot that lives on the rocky cliffs of northern coastal regions. These birds flock together by the thousands in comparatively small areas. Because of the extremely crowded conditions the females must lay their pear-shaped eggs side by side in a long row on a narrow ledge. All the eggs look alike, but the mother bird knows exactly which one is hers. If someone disturbs the eggs and moves one of them, the mother guillemot is able to find her egg among the thousands and return it to its original location. To the human eye the eggs appear as if they have been mass produced on an assembly line. To the guillemot, each egg is known personally, identified personally, and attended personally.
 
The Bible is clear that our heavenly Father is even more intimately acquainted with His own children than the mother guillemot is with her egg. He knows us, He knows us personally. He even knows the number of hairs on our heads. He can tell identical twins apart. He knows every thought and emotion we have, and He understands all the decisions we make. He gives personal attention to each of us in all our affairs from morning until night. How many times I've felt:  "How could God hear me, when there are hundreds of thousands of Christians who live much closer to Him than I do, praying at the same time."  But I've now come to believe that He can, because He is that big of a God.  Remember, He created the guillemot.  Trust Him, for He hears and He will answer in His time and in His way; so keep trusting Him! 
 
God bless, and remember also, that you are loved!!!

Henry