After I got home from the PWOCI conference in Dallas a couple of weeks ago, I was on Facebook friending people and “like” button-pushing all over the place. Kari Jobe had been our worship leader at the conference, so I went to her fan page to “like” her and post a thank-you on her wall. Later that day I went back to the page, and I saw a name that looked familiar to me. After a few moments of brain-wracking (now that I’m in the over-40 crowd, those moments are more common than I care to admit!) I realized the first and maiden names matched someone I knew from high school.
I am not shy like I used to be, so I popped a message off to her (Hey, there. Do I know you?) and not long after, I got a reply. YES, she was indeed one of my high school classmates! We used to hang out with the same drama-music-debate crowd. We were also nuns in The Sound of Music and flappers in the Sugar/Some Like it Hot choruses together.
We probably walked past each other at some point during the conference. We’ve both aged a little bit in our 20-plus years out of high school. But it was so fun to connect with an old friend, especially to find that we were fellow sisters in Christ as well as fellow military wives!
I wanted to share this with you, not just because it’s a great example of the “It’s a small world” principle, but because the whole “Do I know you?” question really made me think about God. I know He knows me, every part of me, and loves me anyway. But do I know Him? Really truly know Him? I think it would take a million lifetimes to know everything there is to know about God. But that won’t stop me from learning all that I can about Him, and really worshiping Him.
I would encourage you, if you don’t know God, please email me (pattie@wivesoffaith.org) and I’d be glad to talk with you about Him.
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