Day 14: The Maker

This song is a little different from the others I have chosen.  I'm not sure about Mr. Matthew's views on faith or God - but he does sing to concert halls full of thousands of people.  And if those people are able to hear the words to a song like The Maker, I think that is an incredible thing.  Everyday in our culture, children are watching movies about a hobbit and his friends headed on a journey to put a ring back in its place, or reading books about a group of four siblings that goes on an adventure in a world on the other side of a wardrobe.  It is cool how these things are able to permeate our culture with God's message, and we may not even know it.

One of the lines from this song says, "I'm not a stranger, in the eyes of the Maker."  I think that is a simple, but powerful truth.  Feeling like a stranger amongst a group of peers is a frustrating thing.  You think, "if they only knew me - knew where I was from, how I was raised, why I think this way..."  In life, we desire to know and be known fully and truly.  It allows us a deeper connection with those around us.  It isn't always possible to achieve that relationship with everyone around us, and it usually takes a great deal of time.

The wonderful thing, is that we are never a stranger in the eyes of God.  He knew every part of us from the very beginning, when He was carefully and delicately forming us.  God fulfills that desire that we have to be known, and to be loved for every part of who we are.

A few weeks ago my mom texted me a Bible verse to look up.  It was one I was familiar with, but read with new eyes.  If you are ever feeling like a stranger, Psalm 139:1-18 is a good reminder that there is someone who knows you completely and loves every part of you.

You know when I sit and when I rise; You perceive my thoughts from afar (2).  Before a word is on my tongue, you know it completely (4).  You created my innmost being; You knit me together in my mothers womb (13).  I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made (14). 

We are never strangers - were never strangers - in the eyes of our Maker.

~SP