I have a beautiful sister-in-law that had an amazing relationship with her grandmother. They were inseparable. She told me that everyday on her way to work, she would call her and they would talk all the way to the office. She loved her conversations with her.
Grandma is no longer with us. My sister-in-law says she misses her very much. She said that her first day back to work without her grandmother was the worst. She had to make the trip without that phone conversation she was so accustomed to having with her.
They were very close and spent much time together. I remember her telling me once that they had gone to the movies together. The movies at 80! They had a very special relationship and spent much time together.
I stop and think of my relationship with God and wonder if I have a conversation with Him everyday. I wonder if I told Him how grateful I am that still have both my parents or did I just complain about having to take mom to another doctor's appointment.
Did I talk to God and thank Him for our kids and their safety or did I just complain about how much tuition is and how we never get to see them? Did I thank God for the comfort of retirement or complain about everything I have to do forgetting that if I was working, I would not have the time to get it all done.
Did I thank God for loyal friends or complain about the ones that "did me wrong" and hope that they get "what's due them?" What are my conversations with God like and do I miss them when I get in a hurry to start my day and move on without them?
God's Word speaks about guarding your heart [Proverbs 4:23]. Sometimes we forget where our heart should be focused. We get caught up in the circumstances of our life and allow them to overwhelm and often, overtake us.
I want to have a relationship with Christ that allows me to crave conversations with him. I don't want to get so caught up with "life" that I miss those. I want to talk to Him daily so that I remember that I am the one that is suppose to make the difference....the one that is suppose to be the light in this dark world.
Lately, I have had an assignment that has kept me so busy that I have found myself waking up in a hurry to get on with the day, sometimes foregoing that conversation with Him. I get going and before you know it I am on the road. Oh sure, I listen to that morning sermon on 105.7 but I'm listening....not talking to God.
I find that when I am in conversation with God, He truly speaks. This morning's conversation took me to Jeremiah 17. It reminded me that when I don't focus on God, when I focus on circumstances, my heart will give in. But when my heart and my head are focused on God, He will take care of the rest.
So I will continue to be in conversation with my God. I will continue to believe His Word and difficult as it may be, I will continue to obey. Have you had your conversation with God today?
The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it? I the Lord search the heart and examine the mind to reward a man according to his conduct, according to what his deeds deserve. Jeremiah 17:9-10
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