St. Andrew Presbyterian Church

Rev. Susan Rosenbaum: Expressions of our Faith

Susan Rosenbaum "Preparation"

"A Sheep or a Goat" Phyllis Winzenried

"Leadership" Pastor Susan Rosenbaum

Nov. 14, 2020, with Rev. Tom Are. My mother claimed to have eyes in the back of her head. That’s how she seemed to know everything about my siblings and me, ...even when we tried to keep things hidden. When she made such a claim, I didn’t really believe her, but I would also be confused as to how she knew that I had tossed my pinto beans in the trash rather than eating them, or how she knew I had colored under the kitchen table (she was too tall to see all the way down there). I didn’t like that I was so pitiful at keeping things hidden. But I’ve changed. It’s a comfort to think someone is watching over us. When we are sleeping or when we are beginning our day, we are known. When we are focused or when we are distracted, there is someone who is not distracted, but pays attention to us. Psalm 139 says, "O Lord you have searched me and known me." I know, to be fully known is a bit scary. I suppose that’s why I wanted to keep some things hidden, even as a kid. But Psalm 139 declares that the God who knows us not only loves us, delights in us, but is the God to whom we belong. Where can I go from your spirit? Where can I flee from your presence? If I ascend to heaven, you are there; If I make my bed in sheol, you are there; If I take the wings of the morning and settle at the farthest limits of the sea, Even there your hand shall lead me. I come to the end, I am still with you. You are known, and loved with a love that calls you by name and will never let you go. Rest in that. See more