I’m not
saying this is news to anyone, but teens really are weird today. Here are only a couple reasons. Apparently it’s not okay to look up a love
interest’s address/ phone number in the phonebook (that’s stalking Mom!!!) but
finding out their class schedule and what they do all week isn’t. Another thing I find weird is they hold
friendships but don’t seem to ask important (in my mind) questions to know
their friends more deeply.
I can’t
remember how many times I asked my kids questions about their friends but they
didn’t know the answer and said, “Mom, we don’t talk about those kinds of
things!” Well, what on earth do they
talk about- unimportant nonsense? Things
have changed because when I was a teen, we talked about everything from light
surface conversation to very deep and dark secrets of our lives. How else do you get to know someone? Lots of time, lots of conversation, lots of
fun…
Now, I am familiar
with Sandra Bullock; I appreciate her talent, have seen lots of her films- some
interviews, read about her, saw photos of her, and heard stories from others
who learned things about her. But I
don’t know Sandra Bullock. I don’t know
her because I haven’t spent time with her, heard her thoughts, laughed, shared
and lived some of life with her.
And this is life eternal, that they might know* You,
the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent. Jh. 17:3
that I may know* Him and the power of His
resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings… Php 3:10
but let him who glories glory in this, that he
understands and knows Me… Jr. 9:24
And we know that the Son of God has come, and He has given us an understanding so that we may
know* Him who is true. 1Jh. 5:20
*know- ginosko- to
know, to understand, to perceive
Unlike the
actor above, we CAN know our
God because He IS with us (Js.
1:9; Mt. 28:20;
The Lord also
promised Israel
that they will one day know Him because they return to Him with their whole
heart.
I will even betroth you to Me in faithfulness. And
you shall know Jehovah. Hs. 2:20
And I will give them a heart to know Me, that I am Jehovah; and they shall be My people, and I
will be their God. For they shall return to Me with their whole heart. Jr. 24:7
Lord, we pray to You as Moses did. Help us to
give great effort to that end:
Now therefore, I pray You, if I have found grace in
Your sight,
make me see now Your ways, that I may know You,
that I may find grace in Your sight…
Ex. 33:3