What Does God Say about Me in the Bible?

When I was a new believer at the age of eleven, it was hard for me to fathom how God could care so much about me that he sent his one and only Son to die for me (John 3:16). Maybe someone would die for all humanity, but the emphasis was that I was that important to God.

I wondered then: What does God say about me?

I was assured by those mentoring me that God would even listen to my prayers, as if I was the only person praying. As a young child, I found it fascinating that God loved me so much and was capable of not only hearing but also answering my personal prayers!

It wasn't until I grew older that I started hearing words like omniscient and omnipresent. While maturing in my faith, I began to understand that my finite mind could not comprehend God's infinite capabilities, but I could trust them to be true.

My husband and I have a prolific raspberry plant in our garden and when I'm harvesting, I don't want to miss a single ripe berry, even though my basket is already brimming over with ruby red luscious fruit. I've even been known to claw my way under the prickly bush to rescue the one lone berry that fell onto the ground. Every time I make that dive through the branches, I think to myself, this is what God did for me when I had fallen away from him.

"If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them wanders away, what will he do? Won't he leave the ninety-nine others on the hills and go out to search for the one that is lost? And if he finds it, I tell you the truth, he will rejoice over it more than over the ninety-nine that didn't wander away! Matt. 18:12-13 NLT

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