Monday, October 25, 2010

Dear God,

Is there anything more important than persistently walking with you? Is there anything in all the world that is greater than tending to the one relationship that directs the human soul to eternity?

Sometimes I forget to pray or my prayers are feeble at best. I don't want to take the time to care for our relationship. I get busy or I keep myself busy with small details that take time away and hinder me from being a caring partner. I want to do other things and I fail to immerse myself in what brings me life's greatest joy.

Today when I was listing the many projects I am doing for an art fair, someone quipped that I thrive on being busy. I stopped right in my tracks. I remember a day, lots of days, weeks and months when I did thrive on busyness and I did give little or no time to nourishing our relationship. I got a lot done but sometimes felt empty, at a loss, sad, disappointed and downhearted. I realized my priorities had changed, my loyalties altered, and my time given away to lesser things. I had to stop, quiet myself, confess, and make adjustments in my daily living. I had to remember that the best moments in life are not when I am exchanging time with you for a million tiny things. I had to sit at your feet listening to words of grace that picked me up and put me back on track with the only one who had the power to do so.

Keep my mind straight,
I pray,
dear God.
Teach me how
to do
what I need
to do
while attending
to our relationship.
Trip me up,
make me stumble
if I get
out of control
and forget.
Keep a
watchful eye
upon me
so I
will covet
and exhibit
a deepening relationship
with you,
I ask.

Love, Andrea