Fully Known and still Fully Loved

A couple of months ago I stumbled across this quote "Fully Known and still Fully Loved". The quote resonated with me and prompted me to look into it. The Lord brought me to Psalms 139. A very well know scripture in the church and one of my all time favorites. I've come to realize that in each of us there is a profound need to be loved, accepted, and to be fully known. Yet we invest a great deal of time covering up different aspects of our lives. For fear of being judged and rejected. We become experts at hiding our brokenness, our guilt, and our shame. We've learned how to put up a facade so that those around see a well put together person. And so that those around us believe we've got it all under control. When in reality, our hearts are hurting and longing for more.

The closest a human can get to be fully known by another human can be seen in a marriage. And even still, many married couples never achieve being fully known by their spouses.  I wont let them see the real me, I wont allow myself to be vulnerable, I'll never tell them what happened to me, is what we tell ourselves. We are in constant self-protection mode.  With an internal conflict that keeps us from sharing all that makes you who you are with the people you love most. But there is One who see's right through our facade. One who knows everything there is to know about you. Both the good, the bad and the ugly. His name is Jesus. 

We can pretend we've got everything under control. We can continue to hold our family and friends at arms distance.  However, God who is omniscient (all knowing), and omnipresent (everywhere) knows you. God has seen the depths of your heart and guess what? He still loves you the same. His love for you isn't based on your good deeds slowly increasing over time. No! His love for your is unconditional, relentless and eternal. We may think that we can create distance between us and God, truth is, we can never run from His spirit or escape His presence. His hand is always there to guide and support us. God is with us in every situation. Including the secrets that we have been hiding in the dark recesses of our heart. God is there! God knows it all. Because even in darkness we can not hide from his ever seeing all knowing eyes. He knows you better than you know yourself because it was He who fashioned and formed you. 

It is so easy for us to point out all the things we believe we have wrong. Its so easy for us to focus on the things we think we believe we need to change about ourselves. Never taking into consideration that it is God who created us and we are His. With His hands He made all the delicate parts of your body knitting you together in your mothers womb. He watched you as you were being formed in utter seclusion, He saw you before you were born. Every day of your life is recorded in His book and every moment was laid out before a single day had passed. You are more beautiful than you think you are.  You are more loved than you believe you should be. We are  unique. We are marvelously complex, unique in every way and deeply loved by God.  Our perfect God who created you makes no mistakes. You are the marvelous workmanship of God! How precious are your thoughts about me O God. They can not be numbered. Not only does God know your heart but He also knows your anxious thoughts and He longs for your to know that HE knows you fully and still loves you completely.

Naida