Hello Aspen Grove Church Family,

I pray this finds you well. May has been a good month. We celebrated Mother’s Day by preaching from the Book of Luke 1:26-38 with a message titled, “A Baby changes Everything.” We covered the facts about motherhood. For instance, how they are our first teachers about prayer: You better pray that I can get that stain out or so help me… Then we got into the message by discussing the fact that a Mother who is chosen by GOD:  Submits herself to the Will of GOD, just as Mary did when she found out that GOD had chosen her to be the mother of HIS only begotten Son, Jesus; She is not perfect, but her calling to be a mother is; and lastly, we figured out that a mother never relinquishes her title. Mary watched her son, Jesus, grow and then live out before her very eyes everything the Angel Gabriel told her. Wonder is she knew, or even understood, that the little boy she would deliver, would son deliver her to GOD? Next, we dove into, perhaps, one of my favorite passages in the Bible… Psalm 139. This psalm is one of King David’s master pieces as he reveals to us three important attributes about GOD: Omniscience, Omnipresent, and Omnipotence. To help understand those attributes, we broke them down: Omni meaning, “All,” Science meaning, “Truth/Knowing,” Presence meaning, “everywhere,” and Potency meaning, “All Abilities” … to put it simply: GOD is all knowing, all truth. He’s everywhere at all times 100%, not in pieces. He can do anything, there is nothing that he can’t do.

In Psalm 139, David points out that GOD sees everything about me/ you. GOD knows everything about me/ you. And GOD is continually with me/ you no matter where we go. GOD is the creator of all that you see, but don’t confuse the Creator with His creation. He’s not everything but He is everywhere. As David points out in verses 7-10, “7Whither shall I go from thy spirit? Or whither shall I flee from thy presence? 8If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: If I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; 10Even there shall thy hand lead me, And thy right hand shall hold me.” And because of that amount information being unpacked by David, its no wonder why he stated in verse 6, “Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; It is high, I cannot attain unto it.”

In verses 13-18, we learned that GOD has planned out everything about me and for me. David reminds us that we put to much emphasis on our appearance in front of people, worrying about what they think about us. Instead, we need to see people like GOD does… their hearts. Anyone can fake it, but the fruits of their labor can’t be faked. We, also, learn that GOD is continually leading us, directing us, but sadly, we don’t always follow HIS lead. Thereby, we find more headaches and heartaches… and most of it is self-inflicted. GOD knows us completely and thinks about us continually. Can you imagine that? David tells us that GOD’s thoughts about you/ me, outnumber the grains of sand. You see, every time I do the right thing, God is watching. Every time, instead of sinning, I choose not to sin, every time I resist a temptation, every time I stand up for the right thing no matter how small or insignificant, God knows it, and sees my faithfulness to Him. Now think upon that! Now do you understand why David said that “such knowledge is too overwhelming for me to grasp?” He closes out this Psalm with a deep prayer by asking GOD to “Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: 24 And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.” Are you brave enough to pray such a prayer? I love this Psalm because of David’s open-ness of his humanity and revealing so much about GOD to each of us. I pray that the LORD keeps you, protects you, may HIS face shine upon you and bring your peace.  I love you, but more importantly… GOD loves so much more!

Pastor Sonny