El Roi... the God Who Sees Me by Lisa Hathaway
OUR PERSONAL GOD
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our God is so personal; He knows each move you make, the tears you cry, the thoughts in your head, and your heartache and pain. Yet He is the same God who moves mountains, parted the seas, turned a snake into a rod, brought a ram for a sacrifice, and protected Moses in the basket floating down the river. When I sit in silence with my thoughts, I am awestruck at how the God of the universe—whose power stretched the withered hand, made blind eyes see, and healed a woman who had been sick for 12 years—sees me, knows ALL my needs, and meets me in the most personal, sweet space. I am constantly amazed that God lavishes His goodness on us even when we don’t deserve it. He CHOOSES you and me every day. He prunes us, providing beautiful fruit after the hard season. He is the ultimate gardener— planting seeds in us and providing good soil for us to flourish in—but goodness gracious, He can prune! Our God wants so much more from us, and He brings it to fruition because His mighty hand is on our souls. So she called the name of the Lord who spoke to her, “You are a God of seeing,” for she said, “Truly here I have seen him who looks after me” (Genesis 16:13 ESV). Even when we can’t see Him or feel Him, our God never stops working, meeting each of us at
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