What are we, O God, that you are mindful of us: of our comings, our goings, our minor disasters and our major life events? Who are we, O God, that you care for us: our joys and our sorrows, our courage and our fears, our whole-hearted endeavors and our rapid retreats? Yet you made us just a little less than wholly and fully divine – kindred to you in the incarnate Christ, saved by your unfailing faith in us, forgiven, redeemed and renewed.
What is it like to wake up every day and know that you are deeply and completely loved? How does it feel to be so important that Jesus gave his whole self for your sake? More often than not, we look past those simple truths as we race from feeling empty to completely overwhelmed. As we juggle the “too much” and “too little” in our lives, we lose sight of the stable center. But it is there. The solid ground on which we stand. The wind beneath our wings.
The good news for us – yesterday, tomorrow and today – is that God’s care and God’s call are completely compatible. Both are real. Both bind us to God and each other. We are individually important AND communally responsible beyond ourselves. Who are we, O God? We are Yours.
When I look at our heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars that you have established; what are human beings that you are mindful of them, mortals that you care for them – yet you have made them a little lower than God and crowned them with glory and honor. (Psalm 8:4-5)