Be Known...A little at a Time

I recently "reconnected" with someone I've "known" my whole life..known meaning we grew up together, her being much older than me, seeing each other at family functions and having a lot of similar experiences..Yet, we don't really KNOW each other. I mean, I've never had a heart to heart with this girl, we've never seen each other in our ugly places, or our sad places, we haven't had the opportunity to share our deepest of hearts with each other, so do we really even know each other at all?

i've heard many times that I've been compared to her, or people would say, "oh, you're just like her" and as much as I didn't mind that, a little bit did, because as I've seen our two lives take shape, I see how God has created us so uniquely different.

I write this, because I've been thinking about what it's like to be KNOWN. I think us, esppeccially women, were created to be unwrapped, discovered, and known. We want to continually be a mystery, to be "learned" by others, a little at a time.

I think we would be quite sad if some one just said, "well, that's it. I know all there is to know about you. I think we're done here." If Nathan or one of my best friends ever said that to me, I'd feel so rejected! Please don't think you've discovered everything there is about me! I'm still learning myself, my life is a deep well that will take a lifetime to discover the depth..at least I hope so..

God is like this, I believe. He loves for us to learn Him, to get to know him, pursue all we can about Him and His heart and His character. We will be discovering our Father for all of eternity without even scratching the surface of who our God is. We would never say, "well, I know God now, so let's move on to something else." Absolutely NOT! I always hope to be chatting with Jesus and saying, "wow, Lord, I never knew that about You! How this makes me love You more!"

And I hope that I can interact with those around me the same way. Humanity all around us have unfinished stories. I love to learn all I can about them, and I want to know more. I never want to assume I know someone and that's it. Just as I hope people don't think they're finished with me and my ending has arrived. Yes, I love it when I get far into some one's story and heart and I am drawn into it, that's the beauty of relationship! We are NOT strangers anymore, but traveling sojourners, but there is SO MUCH more! Let's discover and explore and dig deep together and may we be in suspense at what is to happen next!

As for my friend who I've "known" my whole life, I'd like to begin a new chapter and get to know and learn her in a fresh new way and see just exatly what chapter her and Jesus are on, and I hope she would like to read my book too, without guessing the ending.