MY FATHER’S MINDFULNESS

PART 1: Marathon runner 😌

Psalm 18:29: By God I can run against a troop. By my God I can leap over a wall.

This verse is in response to anyone who claims I cannot run to save my life. 😌

PART 2: My not-so-random musing.

I have recently found it so beautiful yet equally poignant (evoking a deep sense of sadness or regret) that God embodies all the love we constantly seek in the wrong places. May He give us the Grace to comprehend His love.

PART 3: Bethel (means House of Worship)

I have a plant, Bethel – and even as I write this, I am painfully aware that if she could talk, she would absolutely demand for a new mum altogether. I am only now learning to be a green thumb, so I struggle for days on end to recall that there’s a plant that needs my attention. 😂😭

I am convinced that God is not only tending to the wild flowers but also to domesticated Bethel.

How is she still alive? I would totally lose in a custody battle over Bethel. 😭

This (unintentional) disregard highlights yet another difference between God and I. If ever I were Bethel (which thankfully I am not), I would bloom all year long with Him as my gardener. He would be mindful of my every need.

This is how I know:

a) He cancelled my legal debt way before I was ever aware I had one. [Colossians 2:14-16] The lyrics to one of my favorite songs: “I was found before I was lost… you wear the scars for all my mistakes”.

Totally relatable because not only did He love us first but He also realizes when we fall and gently leads us back no matter how far.

How humbling?

b) He is mindful of every single detail of my life, and has meticulously planned every second of it. This ranges from what day I would be born, right down to what I will eat on 26 February 2026. (Lord, I hope fries are considered healthy by 2026😭😭)

c) He orders my steps. Because He is not bound by time, my Father knew that the friend He placed in my life in 2017 was a necessary anchor to lead me back to Him so many years later.

d) My Father listens to me. If there is such a thing as pre-listening, I’ll go with that. My Bible tells me that even while I am still speaking, He will hear – óh, and answer. So when it comes down to it, I really am a Daddy’s girl. 💁🏾‍♀️🥰

e) He is so forward thinking. He anticipated all the challenges and created solutions for them in advance, especially through His other children. I am surrounded by strategy. He commands my times and seasons, going ahead of me as an all consuming fire.

What a God?

f) He is mindful of my protection and well-being. He promises that He has commanded His Angels to take charge of me and bear me in their arms, so I do not as much as stumble over a rock.

I am intrigued by the fact that we are surrounded by Angels that are constantly wielding (what I am sure are super fancy) swords. My friend tells me that the Angels have names. I can’t wait to find out. I imagine the head Angel is an alpha female who is fiercely protective but also super sweet. Do they have a gender? 😂

Anyway.

All this to say that God would never lose a custody battle over me. (Okay, us. 😂) This is not only because He defines the epitome of a mindful parent, but also because I personally would run to my Father again and again.

And again. (And leap over a wall) 😌