Hello God, it's me. I know life has been busy lately and I probably haven't talked to you as much as I should be. Where does time go? In all fairness God I haven't even blogged since March! So see it isn't just you...well yes you are right...you are more important then a blog. But God.....
Ever feel like this? I know I have. We get stuck in our day to day routines and by the time it is time for bed I am beat and all I want to do is sleep.
Or funny how I only find time to talk to God when I need something. Someone I love is sick, need help financially or just praying for a loved one who is hurting. I am sure we all have different reasons for praying and different things we ask for, but why is it that we only find the time to pray when we "need" something?
I am guilty of this for sure. My daughter gets up during the night..."please God, let her go back to sleep quickly". You get my point. I know God never thinks "yeah, yeah, yeah" because he is God and better then me. If people only talked to me when they wanted me to fix their problems I would probably say that!
Lately I haven't felt as "close" to God as I want to so I am working on that. Growing up in a very church based home I felt the presence of God all the time. I have many stories I could tell of times I was at church alone preparing for the worship part of service (I led worship at our church when I was in high school and some in college) and only things happened that could have been from God. I miss that. Even though I know He is always by me it's nice to really "feel" it sometimes.
So as I have been praying more lately and trying to make time for Him things have slowly happened...not for me but for me to witness to others. One example being this last week two times I have seen someone along side the road by a stoplight needing money. I NEVER have cash and both these times I had some with me. The first one I gave money to and came back on the same road 5 min later and he was gone. So I must have given him what he needed, which I am hoping was a meal. The second one was at Walmart and I never go to Walmart. I just needed something I can only find there. Then this nice couple tell me God bless me and drive safe. I thought they are worried about me? I truly believe in each case God had a plan. Maybe they were there to open my eyes, to bless me. There was a reason I had cash on me those two times, and while it wasn't much, it was what they needed.
No matter what religion you are God is God to you. You have a relationship with Him, you want your kids to have a relationship with Him, you want Him to always be there for you when you need him. I think what we need to remember, myself included is to "check" in with him even when we don't need him. Don't you think God would love you to say "Hi God, just saying hi. Thanks for blessing me with this day." I bet God smiles the brightest when we take time to thank Him. I know he loves to hear our cries for help too. As the Amy Grant song states, "our cries are better than a Hallelujah sometimes". But still take a minute today and thank God...for everything. Look just for a minute I bet you can think of or see one miracle right now...if you try.
