7 Words that Describe God- ‘Q’:
 
Quality
Quarterback
Quest
Question
Quiet
Quilt
Quirky
 
Your Quality is unquestionable. Your life is our meaning, our hope, our joy. Nothing compares to You. You are greater than the combined quintessence of all things: earth, water, air, fire, and the heavens. I am not greater. I am under You. You sit on a throne ever higher than mine. My quality is questionable, but You raise us up. You give us Your Quality. Who does that? Who can even try, let alone make it stick? Only You. This is not some replacement of royalty- when the king is tired of his throne and trades his life with a pauper’s for a day. No, You still remain. You- our King and Pauper, You paid for us in blood to remain with You eternally.  Romans 1:20
 
You are with me in the thick of this life. You are not on the sidelines. You direct me and set me up for victory. Your plays are always the best and if I obey we advance down the field. Sometimes You hand me the ball when I wish You would run it. At others, You pass me the ball when I’m in deep. The enemy has me covered, but Your throw is too perfect. I just need to open my hands and it nestles in untouched by the foe. With You as my Quarterback, what can they do? 1 Corinthians 12:26
 
You are my heart’s Quest, my Lord. To get to know You more is my only aim. You bid me to love, which is a great mystery and is an element of eternity. Nothing lasts here. Even love dies. But Your love never dies. You seek me to extend it to those who have hurt me. You are there. Your love is the only bridge that leads to hope. All other roads lead to places only You can walk and not be destroyed or marred in some way. With You as my Quest, I cannot remain unchanged. You renew and transform me from a caterpillar to a butterfly. If I didn’t long to fly, what would I care? But I do.  Psalm 25
 
You are the Question many want to ask but fear the answer. For You are both the Question and the Answer. Many live their lives to a standard, either given to them or by conviction. They judge themselves to be either acceptable or not based on how they measure up to that standard, but where did such things come from? The law. They understand punishment for breaking the law, though many hide behind excuses to cover them. Grace is something they don’t understand. Call it pride or vanity, but they would rather deny Your existence and embrace their fallenness as their only hope than accept Your love. The End is coming and is now near. Without Your grace, Your answer to our question, we have only rocks/excuses to cover us. We either seek the refuge of the dead and bury ourselves beneath the rocks, or we accept Your love and are risen again with You.  Judges 6:13-14
 
In Your silence, I learn to wait. In Your whisper, I learn to listen. I am too loud, too impulsive. When I enter a room I go to my goal. It is why I came there after all. Things that detain me from my goal, whether it be people or other priorities, I treat as distractions. In Your Quiet, you present me with paths. If I am open to Your leading, doors to wonderful things appear. If I am receptive to Your quiet, I avoid traps of pride and vanity. If I am obedient to Your commands, I would realize I am unfit for glory and praise. Only You are. You are the only One they would not mislead. Help me to listen, help me to hear. When I do, I gain the discernment between what is truly a distraction and what is Your plan.  Acts 16:19-31
 
You are more intimate than a picture or a tapestry. You wrap me in Your presence like a blanket and You comfort me. Even more, as one knitted by loving hands. A divine Quilt of Your love beckons me to recline in Your care. So soft is Your tenderness toward me. So strong, it cannot be torn. Thicker than the thickest robe, You protect me from the change of circumstance. You keep me close to You. I seek to draw nearer than even my faith would allow. “This close and closer,” is my banner’s call. May it be so, my Lord, may it be so.  Titus 3:7
 
When I think of ‘how’ You choose to do things- through the unqualified, You are odd to me. It is actually out of love that You do this. Somethings no one can claim, and should not. For Your wonders to be made known there is no better way. It magnifies Your goodness and separates Your ways from ours. When I think of Your creation- the platypus, You are strange to me. I can’t tell if it was a mad scientist’s experiment or not, but when love is shown to Your creatures, they respond in kind. You are Quirky, my Lord. You choose to be that way with us to show us we can trust You more than this place.  John 21:25