A few years ago I called at the Post Office to send a letter by special delivery, I wanted to know when it had arrived and so the assistant filled in the appropriate form and asked me my name, I couldn't remember, so she asked for my address and I couldn't remember that either I asked her to give me a minute as I was sure it would come back to me eventually which it did, however I felt very uncomfortable and embarrassed, I handed my card to her that explained that I have dementia and so am prone to these lapses of memory. Having said that I had no excuse for forgetting my children's name when they were young, going through each one until I got it right, even calling them by the pets name sometimes :) but I saw this video on you tube from Samaritans purse about God knowing our name, He never forgets and we are continually in His thoughts no matter who we are, where we are, or what circumstance we are in, He knows and He calls us by our name.
Sometimes we are so busy in our lives that we just aren't listening when He calls us, we are pursuing health, wealth and happiness, we are seeking peace and joy and satisfaction that seem to be just within grasp but then it's gone, but Jesus is calling us by our name, He is knocking on our hearts door longing for us to hear and let Him in then we will have peace, joy and an assurance of hope and life. that doesn't mean that we won't have health problems or trials etc, but they won't take away our joy and peace in Him and He will be with us and help us through. He knows our name, we have a heavenly Father who cares and loves us and despite our trying we cannot hide from Him
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Operation Christmas Child is a wonderful way of letting the hurting children in this world know that someone cares about them and of witnessing to God's wonderful grace, we may not know the names of the children that we send our boxes to but we can be assured that God knows them and cares what happens to them, if you have never been involved in this here is a link for you to find out more. http://www.operationchristmaschild.org.uk/
If you have never known the love and forgiveness of God in your life be assured He is calling you now by name. God bless you.
