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There are so many voices heard in a single day. It's crazy how the familiar voices can be picked up, even in a crowd. I watch three girls five days a week, sometimes more, sometimes less. But, no matter what room of the house they are in, I can differentiate their cries. The second the scream is leaving their mouth I know which little for which I am searching. It's reflexive. I have spent hundreds of hours with these little ones since July of this year, and it doesn't take a glance to know which is addressing me or needs attention.

I know them. They know me. When I enter into the house and call out their names, they know that it is me. They scream out my name and rush towards me or tell me simply where they are.

It's intimate, personal, and real. I cherish every second I have with them. It isn't always easy! Children aren't always going to make it easy to attend to them, but it is wonderful building a relationship with them daily.

That's how it was in the Garden. No matter where they were, God didn't have to look at Adam and Eve to know it was them talking with Him. Sure, you can't fault how easy that is considering there were only two humans strolling through Eden at this time.

But that's how it is for us right now. God loves us so much, so intimately and personally, that He doesn't even have to blink to know that it is us calling for him. He already knows it is me, Ashley, crying out when life is rushing at me. He already knows that is me, Ashley, praying a prayer of desperation or exclaiming and proclaiming thanks for what He has done.

That's so personal and mindblowing and special and wonderful. I really hope you get that. God knows you. He knows you. And I really hope that you know and recognize His voice. I really hope you can hear and establish His voice over every bit of noise that the world has to offer you.

I pray in a sea of voices, the Voice of the One that knows you is heard loud and clear.