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[Mackenaw]

Hello Everyone

God bless you this day.

Psalm 33:18 Behold, the eye of the Lord is upon them that fear Him, upon them that hope in His mercy;

The other day while I was looking at a magazine, all of a sudden I started thinking about the different things Jesus said to various Apostles and Disciples -- during their initial meeting. I remembered one account of a guy standing under a tree, so I went digging to find it.

John 1:43-51
43The day following Jesus would go forth into Galilee, and findeth Philip, and saith unto him, Follow me.

44Now Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter.

45Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.

46And Nathanael said unto him, Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip saith unto him, Come and see.

47Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!

48Nathanael saith unto him, Whence knowest thou me? Jesus answered and said unto him, Before that Philip called thee, when thou wast under the fig tree, I saw thee.

49Nathanael answered and saith unto him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art the King of Israel.

50Jesus answered and said unto him, Because I said unto thee, I saw thee under the fig tree, believest thou? thou shalt see greater things than these.

51And he saith unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Hereafter ye shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man.

Nathanael, wow what an initial meeting. Jesus knew what he said to Philip, even though Jesus was not within ear shot. Nathanael said "can there any good thing come out of Nazareth?" And, besides that, Jesus saw him under an olive tree earlier on. I wonder if He saw Nathanael with physical or spiritual eyes? Gives me chill bumps

So often we forget that He sees it all, and we may especially forget during those challenging times. We may even wonder, where are You?

He's watching. He loves you.

I hear "I'll be watching you" by Sting

Can't you see, you belong to Me?

God bless and keep you. He knows what you've been through, and what you are going through today. You are not alone.

Love,
Mack

[lizzie]

Thank you for this sister

I have never been more sure of this than I am at this point in my life. Where satan wanted to make me feel defeated, God has given me strength to overcome and made a new way for me.

I love u mack