“The Lord knows who we really are, what we really think,
what we really do, and who we really are becoming.”
what we really do, and who we really are becoming.”
Another thing I'm taking away from my trip to Paris is that God knows each one of us personally. I knew this before going, but was struck by this thought over and over again during my trip as I was surrounded by so many people.
I don't usually feel like I'm only ONE of such a large crowd in my normal life, but crowding onto the Metro and seeing hordes of people at the Louvre and around town had me feeling overwhelmed by the thought of how many people there are in the world.
I would stand on the Metro looking at the variety of people and then think about how they all have their own families and friends, and how those people have their own families and friends and so on and so on so that my mind could hardly comprehend how many lives full of hopes, fears and struggles that means there are...and this was just in Paris! What about an ever bigger city?! I don't even want to think about India or Japan or some place.
One day in particular as we were riding the Metro, there was a young man (early 20s) who appeared to be going home from work. He was clearly upset and seemed to be stressed and going over an incident. My heart hurt for him and I said a little prayer on his behalf. I then thought, that if I felt love and concern for this stranger, how much more must the Lord feel for Him since He knows him by name, and knows his past, present, future and potential? It was a soul-opening moment for me for sure.
**Thoughts??**
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