I was running behind the other morning so everything was cut short--my time to get ready, to tame this crazy hair, and sadly, my quiet time. 30 minutes just doesn't seem to be enough Quality Time with God, but I decided the time with Him was more important than my hair! But how great is my GOD! Either no one noticed, or everyone was kind enough not to make some comment about the red haired chia pet I was wearing I was wearing on my head! Its silly, I know, but I thank God for little things like that!

Still frazzled with the crazed hair and my heart racing from a frantic morning. I decided to slow down my pace and get a word from the Lord. So, I pulled out my Bible from my desk and asked God to give me something. And you know what? This is what he gave me!

If I had to write it, I think I would put it as "I KNOW that my LORD is GREAT!!!

Really, how often do we just sit and say, "God, you ROCK!!!"? I love the "I KNOW" part!!! In a society where everyone thinks they know everything about eveything, yet in reality they know little, it is awesome to KNOW FOR CERTAIN that MY GOD IS GREAT!

To know something is to percieve it directly, have direct cognition of, and to be thoroughly convinced of. So, I had to ask myself, do I KNOW that my GOD is GREAT?  When my 4 yr old is having a melt-down, do I know it? When someone cuts me off in traffic, do I know it? When people I know act like creeps, do I know it?  Its not the BIG things, but the little things that chip away at our resolve. I've always said, it is easier to KNOW the GREATNESS of God when things are a mess. But the little things.....they're easy to overlook. In truth it is those things that are significant--so much so that it can cripple or kill our conviction.

I did something interesting. I looked up the words "I know" in the Bible. It is found 116 times in the NIV. After reviewing these passages, it became apparent to me that we can "know" many things, and some are not always correct. There are the "I know's" that rationalize our sin to ourselves;  There are the shaky "I know's", where one really doesn't know but is seeking assurance to know; There are "I know's" of comfort and empathy; there are "I know's" of general knowledge of a thing; and of course there are the "I know's" that recognize the greatness of God, His promises, His words, and His powerful omnipitence and the facts releating to His divine justice.  It is these latter "I know's" that I really DO want to KNOW, that I want to focus on and live on. 

So give it some thought...what do you know?

 God bless you this day!

Chrissy   Mt 6:34