... and he had him who had him...

Like Tina, my first reaction was- Wow, that's a lot of genealogy! One guy had a son who was that guy, and that guy had another, and he had him, who had him... hard name had hard name... But as I thought about it I realized that God took notice of every one of them. He made sure each name was in the Bible. It reminds me that God know our names too. He sees every life. We all matter to Him, and nothing we do is hidden from Him. He also sees our children and He cares about them. This was good for me to realize since my children and I have been through some pretty rotten stuff over the past 13 years. He has seen it all, and has been through it all with us. God is faithful. :) He has seen every tear we've cried and He's saving them in His bottle, like it says in Psalm 56:8. I told some of my prayer friends at a Bible study a couple of months ago, that that verse has become precious to me. You see, I like to journal my prayers a lot; it helps me stay focused. I have a bit of ADD. So, what was I talking about? Oh yeah, journaling... Let me just quote the verse from the New Living Translation.
"You keep track of all my sorrows. You have collected all my tears in Your bottle. You have recorded each one in Your book."
God journals about me!!! Ya'll He really knows us! He really cares about us! He writes down every little thing that hurts us. So I know nothing is wasted. We may not know why some things happen until we get to heaven, like human injustice, and Tina's crazy leg complications, but we can trust Jesus. No one knows suffering like Jesus. I am so glad we have a God who sees us and cares for us and flat out carries us when we can't walk anymore. Thank you Father for loving us so incredibly deeply.