Children of God through Christ Jesus, you are known and understood — and you always have been.

And there is a peace in the knowledge of this that nothing can ever shake when we trust in Him and believe His heart, for us, is good.

In that vein, I wrote a short poem yesterday, and here it is….

KNOWN BY HIM

We are known when we know

Not of what He’s doing.

We were known long before

Time held our names.

We are known when our world

Feels like it’s ending

While the One holding all things

Knows our days.

Let us hold tightly to this

Blessed promise.

Let us hold loosely to all

Our thoughts, weak.

Let us embrace the Great

Knower of our hearts.

Let us let go of the

Vainness we seek.

Just to be known by our God

Is the sweetest,

Just to be known by our Lord

Is His gift.

We will do well to know Him

And receive it;

We will do well to trust Him

And to rest.

Dear ones in the Lord, be known.