Want to know God?

By Jenni Ingram

Member, First Baptist Church, Gantt

Have you ever heard the phrase: “Mind your Ps and Qs?”

I know I’ve heard it and that there are several interpretations.

To me it always meant for me to mind my manners. But maybe it should mean to mind your priorities and qualities. We all have priorities and we all have personal qualities — like manners — that are ingrained in us.

One quality I believe is God-given is a caring heart. If you watch a child, the inherent goodness of that little person is abundantly evident. But as the child grows the world starts to break his or her heart. As that hurt begins to scar over some of the caring can disappear. This world causes closed, cold, uncaring hearts in people, especially people who do not have a relationship with the Lord.

The Bible tells us in Proverbs 4:23: “Guard your heart above all else, for it determines the course of your life.”

We must not allow this world to close our eyes to the blessings all around us. If you have been scarred by life and believe God no longer watches over you, no longer cares for you or has abandoned you, stop right now, right where you are and talk to your heavenly Father. He has never moved. He will “never leave you, nor forsake you” (1 Chron. 28:20).

If you think maybe it’s too late to approach God, that maybe you have too much in your past, don’t worry about it. He already knows and He loves you anyway. Don’t believe the lies the enemy places in your mind. God can restore a broken heart. He will restore you and He is waiting just for you.