In a world of Twitter and Internet memes that prize brevity, short yet poignant quotes are often passed around on social media without much thought as to where they came from. Some of my personal favorites: “An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered; an adventure is an inconvenience rightly considered.”; “To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it.”; and “Angels fly because they take themselves lightly.” What these all have in common is that they were said by the same man, G.K. Chesterton.
“Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name: you are mine” (Isaiah 43:1).
We belong to God who has called each of us by name. God knows us inside and out and loves us without reservation. We need to recall this truth whenever fears and worries threaten to upend our peace and destroy our tranquility.