He walks with us

I love when God shows me analogies in my own life that relate to how He loves me.

Today, I was baking a cake with a friend. After baking/making it, we had to store our cake in the fridge on first floor (we live on 5th floor), because we have no fridge space. So I took the cake, put foil over it and carried it to the elevator, and my friend followed along. When we got to the elevator, I turned around and was like "oh, you don't need to come. I can take it downstairs", and she just stood there, leaning against the wall. and she said in Chinese, "wo pei ni" (which means 'I'm accompanying you' except it's sounds more poetic/less formal in Chinese and in Chinese it kind of implies that I'm accompanying you because I want to walk/be with you). And I was like "aww", and she gave me a weird look.

And the weird look is expected because this is a normal everyday situation. There is nothing to "aww" about. Except that I have been thinking "efficiency" the whole day. And it would be more efficient if I took the cake downstairs while she did whatever still needs to be done in the kitchen. So, since I had been in this "efficiency" mindset the whole day, when someone puts efficiency aside just so they can accompany me and be by my side, it is very moving. In my head I was like "aww, really? why would you want to do that? why would you want to accompany me? I live next to you; I see you all the time."

And then as I was preparing to sleep, God showed me an analogy of how He has always accompanied me. And I fall. I fall a lot. and sometimes I don't get back up immediately. And the whole time, God is with me. And as people, we get frustrated with ourselves and we're like "oh man, I messed up again. I made the same mistake; how could I!", and we think about how inefficient we are, always relearning the same things and forgetting God again and again. But in God's eyes, efficiency isn't that important. Because it's not about getting from point A to point B. It's about walking with God. It's about being with Him.

[disclaimer/note: it's okay to be efficient; you do not have to walk me to places just because you read this post! This just happened to be an example that God used to show me how much He loves me. ]

during lecture: written conversation (on our notebooks) paraphrased:

1: "lunch?"

2: "I think I'm gonna go back to dorm to eat leftovers... do you have anyone to eat with?"

1: "God"