The Author of Life (Part 1)

I rose from my bed, thoughts swirling like tornado winds. “Does anyone

really know me? What is the purpose of my life?” Resolution filled my veins

like urgent flames. Today I would search and seek until I found the answers

I needed.

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As I packed a sack of food for my journey, I had the sensation that Someone

was watching me. This was nothing new, for I had felt this watchfulness my

whole life, pushing it from my consciousness as one would shoo a pesky fly.

But today, I allowed the sense to linger. “What if? What if there was

Someone who saw my every movement, knew when I left my home, had an

intimate knowledge of every activityevery thought.”

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The sun was just breaking over the horizon, golden light cascading through

the fields. I chose to journey toward the sea; the vastness of its waters

called to me. This Presence, this Someone, surely had no hold on me where

the endless miles of ocean roared.

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Traveling over the great sea in my small vessel, I was amazed to feel the

Presence with me still. “Surely the darkness will hide me,” I reasoned as

the velvet night fell, ocean spray misting my hair. No, hours into my

voyage, Someone was still with me.

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Amid the pre-dawn light, a small island winked in the distance. I felt

weary from my journey and decided to rest on the shore. As my bare feet

dragged over the grains of sand, a sudden thought sprang up in my

mind: “What if the Presence thought of me every day, hour, minute What

if these thoughts amounted to more than all these grains of sand?” A gurgle

of a laugh welled up in my throat. It was almost too wonderful to

contemplateperhaps I was dehydrated. Savannah Coleman

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Like the character in today’s story, do you ever wonder if there is more

to life? Wonder what is the purpose of your existence?

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In Psalm 139, David wrote about how God has an intimate knowledge of us.

The God who made the universe knows when we wake, where we go throughout

the day, and every thought that enters our minds. How does the knowledge

that God knows everything about you make you feel?

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Am I only a God nearby, declares the Lord, and not a God far away? Who

can hide in secret places so that I cannot see them? Do not I fill

heaven and earth? Jeremiah 23:23-24 (NIV)

Read Verses:

Psalm 139:1-Psalm 139:18; Jeremiah23:23-Jeremiah23:24