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Search Me, O God, and Know My Heart
To the choirmaster.
A Psalm of David.
I know my house pretty well -- I can navigate it in the dark, and generally can tell when something's not working quite right. I know the yard, too -- where most of the exposed tree roots are that I keep tripping over, where the holes are.
In time, we get to know the people around us, as well as ourselves. We can feel in our bodies when we're getting nervous or stressed. It shows up in stiffness in our necks or perhaps a muscle tic.
It's impossible to overstate how well God knows you. God knows your strengths and weaknesses. God is omniscient -- God knows how we react, how we respond to temptation, what we crave and what we hope for. God knows our darkest moments and our greatest joys, and like a mother who has given birth to a child, God loves you with an intensity that we cannot fully grasp. Like a hurricane swirling around the eye, like a bear protecting its cubs, God loves you with power and grace. You may think that your weaknesses prevent God from fully loving you, but it's foolish to believe such things, because God has known those weaknesses since before you were born, and God loves you just the same, sending God's own Son to die so that you might not face the full power of death.
You are surrounded with love, my friends, from the being that knows you better than anyone will ever know you. You are fully known, and fully loved.
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