The longer that I have been on this journey, the more I see my relationship with God in the same way that I see a relationship with a friend. I mean when I’m happy, pissed off, upset or anything else I enjoy calling a friend and talking to them about whatever is on my mind. When I’m confused and seeking advice, I get in touch with someone I trust, to listen to me and hopefully give me a few ideas. The more time that I spend talking with a person and being with them, the more that I learn about them. And the more that I learn about a person the deeper our relationship goes. As time goes on, I make spending time/talking with that person a priority because I enjoy their company. I learn what they like and don’t like. I desire to do things that they like because it makes them happy and I don’t desire to hurt them in anyway.
So, as the Thai would say, it’s the same-same with God, for me. He wants to hear about when I’m happy, sad, frustrated, or anything else- even when those negative emotions are directed towards Him (this is what most people call prayer- being in communication with God regardless of what’s being said). I (and I think many of us) enjoy/want to talk to God even more when we’re confused: I’ve found that He gives the best advice. And just like people, the more that I learn about Him, the deeper our relationship goes- by talking, by reading about Him (it’s a like he gave us an instruction manual or an extended ‘about me’ section in that book called The Bible) and listening to music- heck looking at art, being in nature and soooo much more. Just as there are people who are always there, that I love talking to, so is God. Except I never have to worry if God is too busy for me or if He wants me in His presence because He’s ALWAYS there. He’s always waiting for me to talk. Of course there are times when I upset God or when He does things that I don’t understand or even like in the moment; and in those moments I have the freedom to tell Him exactally how I feel AND I know that His love for me doesn’t change because of my frustration. He has an endless amount of grace for me (for everyone) when I/we ‘mess up. He has the strength and security to take ANY frustration that I have ever had, do have and will have in the future, towards Him or His creation. It’s simply unimaginable the amount of love that He has for each and every human being on the ENTIRE earth. I’m so blessed to have seen and felt this love, grace and mercy in my own life and to share with others as I have traveled these past 10.5 months!
I apologize in advanced for my spelling and grammar errors 🙂 It turns out that notepad does nt offer assistance in these areas and neither of them were ever my strong points!
