What Does God think about you?

Yesterday in my Spiritual Formation class (which is amazing, by the way) Dr. Curtis asked us to journal about this question:

When God is looking down on you what do you think He is thinking about you and your life?

Here is what I wrote (and then I'll describe what I was thinking about when I wrote it):


As much as I forget this fact, the first thought that came to my mind was that great and overwhelming sense of love and joy God must have in looking at my life. I hesitate to say or even think that because I know very well all of my many faults, sins, and failures. I also know that God can see the the depths of my disparity and all of those shortcomings better than I ever could. Though, when I think about my life from God's perspective I can only step into the memories I have had over seeing the joy and development in the life of others. It brings me joy to see the process and growth in the life of others and God must have a similar feeling about my life especially as part of His creation.



I was thinking about this story Dr. Curtis told us about his morning walks with his dog Abelard (which if you know about obscure theologians is a funny and yet fitting name for the dog for a professor in the religion department). Dr. Curtis loves those walks, you can tell by the way he calmly repeats while gazing into the distance "Its a wonderful way. No! Its the the best way to start the morning".

He told us about the golf course about half a mile from his house and then he would let Abelard off the leash to run around. Then how Abelard would chase two tennis balls (because he wouldn't let go of one until he saw the other), which was more fun, amusing, and just plain joyful for both Abelard and for Dr. Curtis. There was plenty of fun to be had for Abelard and Dr. Curtis seemed to enjoy that time because he was able to observe his dog play and enjoy/soak up what his life, as a dog, had to offer him. Everything from chasing squires to playing with other dogs to scoping out coyotes was part of what brought Abelard to life, and part of why Dr. Curtis enjoyed the morning... because he got to see his dog live and develop and enjoy merely living.

He didn't say it, but I think Dr. Curtis meant for us to connect this idea to how we think of God and how we relate that to how God thinks about us. He said that it is important how we view ourselves because that influences how we view how God sees us and how we view God.

God is forever gifting us with the Grace of His presence. Grace, as Dr. Curtis put it, is the air we breath.


After all of this, I'll ask you to think about that same question: What does God think about you? Truly reflect on that, and feel free to comment what you came up with! I would LOVE to see what anyone else has to say! :)