A God Who “Gets Me”

I was speaking at an event where one of my daughters was in attendance.  I was a little apprehensive that evening because in preparing for the evening I had determined that I was going to be sharing a part of my story that I had not shared publicly before and I hadn’t shared this particular portion with my daughter either.  I warned her that she might be hearing from me things we hadn’t talked about before.  Don’t get me wrong, it wasn’t anything earth shattering or tragic but it was personal and for me sharing anything personal in a public forum is a big deal.

However, the girls and I had a great conversation and they responded as I had prayed they would to my story.  Unfortunately many of them empathized having been in similar circumstances and all of us found common ground in having shared the same emotions of the teenage years.   What I could not have anticipated nor even have hoped for was the response of my own daughter. 

After I was done speaking, she came up to me and thanked me for sharing what I had shared and then she said, “Now, I know that you ‘get me.’”  It was a priceless mother/daughter moment and one that I will remember forever.

It got me to thinking about what our Heavenly Father did for us.  He sent His only Son down to this earth to live life in the flesh.  While here Jesus experienced joy, sadness, and every temptation known to mankind.  Jesus suffered, died and was buried.  Our amazing God did this so that we could say to Him, “Now, I know you ‘get me.’”