Happy Sunday, everyone! This past week I ran across a quote by blogger, author, and modern poet Joshua Luke Smith.

I have found a God who isn’t too proud to be seen with me.

~Joshua Luke Smith

In the Bible we can read about times where God reached out—Moses (Exodus 3:1-14), Samuel (1 Samuel 3), Jeremiah (Jeremiah 19) and Paul (Acts 9:1-7) are just a few examples of people God has spoken to.

And a beautiful thing to take note is that He reached out to them—it shows His desire to not only love us, but to also to support, challenge, and grow us.

The Lord doesn’t simply want to see you or love you but to be in communion and partnership with you. This is why baptism is a commitment: it’s saying yes to serving and walking with the Lord.

As we step into this new week, I encourage you to contemplate on how the Lord is wanting to really support, challenge and grow you!

‘What, then, shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things?
Romans 8:31-32 NIV

All throughout the Bible, God is reaching out to us and saying, “I want you to join me on this journey.”

It reminds me of a scene in the movie The Shack. Mack, the main character whose daughter has been murdered, is rediscovering his faith in a shack in the woods where he meets God personified. While sitting at dinner with this representation of God, Mack talks about his kids when he says: “Let me ask you something. I’ve been telling you all about Josh and Kate and Nan. But if you’re real… then you already know everything I’m gonna say before I even say it, right?”

And the representation of God, fondly titled “Papa” replies with, “Yes, but we choose to listen to everything you have to say as if it was for the first time. We love getting to know your kids through your eyes.”

Fellowship and communion with the Lord is exactly this: He wants to hear about our days through our eyes. Our joys, our sorrows, our struggles and accomplishments.

Friend, the Lord isn’t too proud to be seen with you. Quite the opposite: He wants to be seen with you.

Thanks for reading, I hope this was encouraging.
~Willow