Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Relationship Is Important



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At Faith Barista this week we are discussing the question, "How do you spend time with God and experience spiritual rest?"  Click on the Faith Barista graphic on my right side bar to find out how others experience rest.

All good relationships require communication. If I want to have a better marriage I need to spend time with my husband. We need to talk. Laugh. Cry. Be goofy.....together. If I want to maintain my friendships I have to find time to get together. Chat on the phone. Walk together. Talk together. If I want my relationship as a mother to be nurturing to my children, I need to take time to find out what is important to them. I email family and friends. We keep in touch. We reach out.  Without communication...without sharing... relationships die. Sometimes the death is long, slow and painful. Sometimes not.

I make time for the relationships that are important to me.

My relationship with God is no different. Some people would question me with, "How can you have a RELATIONSHIP with God? God is all about religion...and rules...and church."  My reply is that God, and His son, Jesus are ALL ABOUT relationship. Yes, Jesus came to this earth in the form of man BECAUSE of relationship. God wants relationship with me, not because He NEEDS too, but because He WANTS too. Even though I have been a Christian for many, many years I am still in awe of the fact that the God of the Universe wants to know me....and even more importantly He wants me to KNOW Him.

Sometimes all I need to do, to experience spiritual rest, is to talk WITH Him, the one who knows me most intimately. I commune with the One who knows my heart.

Father,

I long for peace and rest

From You, who knows me best.

I stumble through my days

turning from Your gaze.

I am full of pride

thinking I can hide

all my stress inside

far from You.

Forgive me Father.

I am so stubborn.

I need rest.

Rest for my body.

Rest for my soul.

I need You.

Thank you for your provision for me.

As I draw close to You,

You draw close to me.

And I can rest in Your love.

Amen




6 comments:

  1. This is excellent. May I use this on my new website, http://www.stsawyer.com ? I would certainly give you the credit and put a link to this devotional when I publish yours. I would probably bill you as a guest blogger. I am just getting my website up and running, but my blog has been active for more than a year. http://stevensawyer.wordpress.com/ Much of the stuff on the blog will probably wind up on my new website.
    Let me know. I'm at stevesaw@gmail.com
    Do you know about bloggers.com? It seems a good way to build traffic and interest in your blog. I'm just getting started with that as well. You may want to check it out.

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  2. I need Him too. Rest is there. Thanks for your beautiful words.

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  3. I loved this ... yes, it is all about relationship. And how amazing that we can have intimate relationship with our Creator.

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  4. I love this! It is all about rest and relationship!

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  5. It is all about relationship! I, too, am overwhelmed that God is mindful of me. It goes beyond my comprehension.

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