“I saw you,” Jesus says to Nathanael In John chapter one verse forty-eight. “I saw you before you knew.” You didn’t think I saw, but I did. I saw you, Jesus says, sounding a lot like the God we meet in the hundred-thirty-ninth Psalm, when no one else saw you...

There’s something about being seen. God sees us, intimately, fully, for all that we are becoming. God sees each of us as a beloved child of God.

In seeing us, God also calls us, and offers us purpose.

In seeing us, God invites us to take that blessing of being seen, and to offer it to others.

May we be blessed with friends who see us.

And may we be friends who see.
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Pastor June shared this meditation with the good people of Grace Baptist Church in Richmond, Virginia. Grace is a faith community where all people are welcome to join in God’s unfolding story and practice love of God and love of neighbor in daily life. Connect with Grace online at http://gbconline.org/

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