Brenda’s Blog – May 6, 2025
Four year old Phoebe looked up from her hospital bed and told her parents, “It is alright because God is not a meanie!” At her memorial service these words made us all cry. It has been several years, but they still come to mind regularly.
Jesus asked His disciples two questions: “Who do men say that I am?” and “Who do you say that I am?” He still asks us the same question. What is your answer?
The pastor and author A.W. Tozer wrote these words: “What a person thinks about when they think about God is the most important thing about them.” What do you think about when you think when you think about God?
As a young girl I learned to sing “Be careful little eyes what you see, be careful little ears what you hear, be careful little mouth what you say. The Father up above is looking down in love.” “The Father up above” phrase put down deep roots in my little soul. I knew I could hide in my closet, under my bed – anywhere and God could see me. What didn’t go deep was the phrase “in love.” He watches because He cares, not because He is wanting to catch me doing something bad and mete out punishment. When as an adult I learned who He really is, it changed my life.
We know who we are because we know who He is. Our identity is established in and through the Lord Jesus Christ. This is a forever hallelujah! The world sets the parameters for how we think of ourselves and regard others. Those are false measures. The true one is established from the foundation of the earth by the Lord God Almighty who sent Jesus to redeem us, and tell us we are now His.