Today, Selwyn recounts the first words he heard from Jesus, our loving God, as follows; “the first words I ever heard Him say came to me as a shock. I was stunned by their simplicity and ordinariness. I had been a Christian for only a few months when one day, while kneeling in prayer at Holy Communion, I heard God say, ‘Dear Selwyn, you mean so much to Me.’ The words were very plain, … yet I have no language to describe the effect they had upon me. The fact that God had spoken to me in ordinary words reached deep into my heart and my mind – to the extent that they are ineffaceably imprinted on my memory.”
I think it is the unexpected, surprising nature of the fact that God does speak to us. To look out, at a night sky, and see all the stars that He has created and the sheer expanse of the universe and then think that such an Almighty God would spend some time looking intently at a single person, and say: ‘ … you mean so much to Me.‘ Is really something that’s hard to comprehend – don’t you agree? This study takes me back to last October 2005, when I heard God express His love and concern for a young woman, who I was working with – at that time. It had the same effect, as in the account given by Selwyn – the words are ineffaceably imprinted on my memory.
God’s love for each one of us – is beyond our full understanding!
‘Sweep under the mats’
Today, Selwyn recounts the first words he heard from Jesus, our loving God, as follows; “the first words I ever heard Him say came to me as a shock. I was stunned by their simplicity and ordinariness. I had been a Christian for only a few months when one day, while kneeling in prayer at Holy Communion, I heard God say, ‘Dear Selwyn, you mean so much to Me.’ The words were very plain, … yet I have no language to describe the effect they had upon me. The fact that God had spoken to me in ordinary words reached deep into my heart and my mind – to the extent that they are ineffaceably imprinted on my memory.”
I think it is the unexpected, surprising nature of the fact that God does speak to us. To look out, at a night sky, and see all the stars that He has created and the sheer expanse of the universe and then think that such an Almighty God would spend some time looking intently at a single person, and say: ‘ … you mean so much to Me.‘ Is really something that’s hard to comprehend – don’t you agree? This study takes me back to last October 2005, when I heard God express His love and concern for a young woman, who I was working with – at that time. It had the same effect, as in the account given by Selwyn – the words are ineffaceably imprinted on my memory.
God’s love for each one of us – is beyond our full understanding!