Mother always said that she had eyes in the back of her head, and I believed her. How she knew what she did, I’ll never know! She wanted me to believe that I couldn’t get away with anything, and she was right!

When I got to know God, I thought of Him in the same way. The idea that He was all-knowing and all-seeing was frightening to me. Some of the hymns we sang seemed to bolster my fears. “There’s An All-Seeing Eye Watching You” used to chill my bones! I remember lying in bed at night afraid of falling asleep. After all, I had just prayed, “If I should die before I wake... If He knew all about me, that meant I could hide nothing, and that was frightening!”

The process was slow, but after several crises I realized how great it was to have a God who knows my heart. He knows my pain, my questions, my successes and failures, and He loves me anyway! If He determines that my heart needs to be tested, who am I to question? Indeed, my “Father Knows Best!”

You know what I am going to say even before I say it, Lord.
You place your hand of blessing on my head.
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me,
Too great for me to know.
Psalm 139:4~6