Definition 3 of multifaceted. Biology One of the lens-like visual units of a compound eye, as of an insect.
I have been thinking lately about how AMAZING our Creator is.
I need a God who is HUGE.
In this season of life I feel like a juggler with so many things in the air that something has to drop or it will all come crashing in. I turn & look at the riots in Ferguson, MO., the wars in the middle east… and life does not look good.
Then I pause and I think about God in relation to these situations and to me.
I was sitting on my deck and this dragon fly came and went repeatedly. He landed on me several times as he posed for me. I feel God was reminding me of one of the definitions of multifaceted. The compound eye, like on this dragon fly. These creatures really see all around themselves. That makes it hard to sneak up on them. I had the sense that one of God’s multifaceted eyes is fixed on me….all the time. Just like he has numbered every one of the hairs on my head.
I find it comforting, that even though I can’t see all the options or consequences, God does! He has enough eyes to see everything, everywhere…each of us completely. And He does it so much better than any dragon fly.
As Creator of all things and sustainer of all life, I can rest in the goodness of this one who made me, He knows every one of my days even before there was one of them (PS 139:14)
God sees everything. Even better, He is loving, kind and has all the power needed to make all things, whether good or ill from our perspective, to turn out well for us in the long run. I know this because I have experienced it over and over. It may be a mess now, but I know I have and will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.
Can you remember when you faced challenges or felt it was hopeless but some how, you made it through? Was it perseverance? Serendipity? Or was it a miracle?
Please take a moment to reflect back, asking God to show you where He was in that event or season.
Join me in learning to take God’s promises to heart…
Isaiah 26:3 “You keep him in perfect peace
whose mind is stayed on you,
because he trusts in you.
4 Trust in the Lord forever,
for the Lord God is an everlasting rock.”
“Be still and know that I am God.” Psalm 46:10a
MARVY!! LM