{"id":7228,"date":"2022-10-11T18:35:11","date_gmt":"2022-10-11T22:35:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forglorysake.com\/?p=7228"},"modified":"2022-10-17T13:10:47","modified_gmt":"2022-10-17T17:10:47","slug":"my-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forglorysake.com\/index.php\/2022\/10\/11\/my-god\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;My God&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Jehovah, Ancient of Days, the Beginning and the End, Yaweh, Father &#x2764;&#xfe0f; How I wanted to know Him and love Him even as a child&#8230; He just seemed too big. Our cathedral was gigantic and ornate with humongous doors &#8211; God had to be enormous!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I wanted so much to see Him and for Him to &#8220;like me.&#8221; If I ever met Him, what would I say? All I knew were printed prayers, memorized and repeated over and over. Otherwise I tried to be very quiet at church, because my mom said God liked quiet.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After services, while she gathered linens and polished brass, I explored every room she worked in: multiple storage areas, offices, and winding tunnels that led to secret sanctuaries under the church. Once I was allowed to climb the long encased ladder to the top of the tallest tower &#8211; terrifying! Yet in none of these places did I find God Himself. Everything about Him remained mysterious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What a wonder to finally learn at a church camp that I could know God personally through Jesus His son and I could talk to Him anytime I wanted. I was given a &#8220;Good News&#8221; Bible and began to read everything I could. <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I discovered God didn\u2019t just <em>like<\/em> me, <strong>He loved me<\/strong>! I was adopted, I was forgiven, I was His. I\u2019ll never forget those first moments of awareness and the weeks that followed. What Joy, everything felt different.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Recently I watched our newest granddaughter as she followed her mother\u2019s voice while lying in my arms. She nearly jumped out when her momma drew close. That&#8217;s what it&#8217;s like to love God; longing to be near Him; wanting more of His Spirit. <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He brings me peace &#8211; like our grandchild snuggling in to her Daddy\u2019s chest. She knows she&#8217;s loved, she knows she&#8217;s safe, she knows she will be taken care of&#8230; and so do I. The richness of Scripture says it best:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>&#8220;God is within her; she will not be moved.\u00a0God will help her when morning dawns. Nations rage, kingdoms crumble;\u00a0the earth melts when He lifts His voice. The LORD of Hosts is with (me);\u00a0the God of Jacob is (my) fortress.&#8221;<\/em><\/strong>Psalm 46:5-7\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ForGlorySake!<\/strong> &#8211;<em>Anna<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"522\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forglorysake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/F8949C43-0741-464D-8CE1-52675D02FDD0.png?resize=640%2C522&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7247\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jehovah, Ancient of Days, the Beginning and the End, Yaweh, Father &#x2764;&#xfe0f; How I wanted to know Him and love Him even as a child&#8230; He just seemed too big. 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