God Knows

“LORD, you have examined me and know all about me.  You know when I sit down and when I get up.  You know my thoughts before I think them.  You know where I go and where I lie down.  You know everything I do.  LORD, even before I say a word, you already know it.  You are all around me – in front and in back – and have put your hand on me.” Psalm 139:1-6

When my sisters and I were young children I’m embarrassed to say that the older ones didn’t always treat the younger ones as we should have.  We would tell them things that weren’t true, and we would do things to them behind their back.  Benay would take it in stride but Beth would lose her mind over the ‘atrocities’ and would begin yelling at us.  Unfortunately, her explosions were probably what we were aiming for.   Her battle cry always ended with ‘Well GOD KNOWS!’ As soon as those words came out of her mouth the fun would dissolve into guilt and the aggravation would end…for that day. 

Today is Beth’s earthly birthday but March 15^th marks the day she joined Jesus and began walking with Him among the saints and angels.  Because of God’s great grace, she celebrates that what she used to know in part is now fully known to her in heaven.  She gets to hear how God knew she loved Him and would turn to Him in her final years.  She gets to see the wink of His eye which reminds her that He did know all those times what her sisters did in secret to aggravate her.  God knew that she would be called to walk the streets of gold before any of us.  God knew that she would be a testament to all while walking with grace through cancer.  He knew that Paul would have the strength to raise Sydney on his own and would do it well.  He knew that Sydney would grow into a beautiful blend of her parents.  God knew then…and He knows now.

He knows every tear we have cried, and He knows every time our hearts have been broken.  He knows how to comfort us and how to bless us.  He knows when we will take our last breath, and He knows every unjust thing done to us.  He knows when your dream will be fulfilled, and He knows in what manner mine will be given to me. 

Today we will celebrate the life of Beth, but we can all celebrate the truth of that beautiful battle cry of which she would remind us…GOD KNOWS!

“For we know in part and we prophesy in part, but when completeness comes, what is in part disappears.  When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child.  When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me.  For now, we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face.  Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.” 1 Co 13:9-13 

Happy Birthday Beth and you were right…God does know!