"Trusting God's grace means trusting God's love for us rather than our love for God." - Peter Kreeft
Do you ever miss God? Do you sometimes feel like he is far away and you want him back? I feel that way sometimes when it seems I don't have time to pray except for quick "help me" prayers or short "thank you" prayers. I feel that way sometimes when I haven't spent quality time in the Bible for days - maybe when I am traveling or sick. I just start to miss him. That happened to me recently.
I found myself one morning praying something like this: I feel like I'm not paying enough attention to you, Lord. I don't mean to do that. But we are so busy, and I am so tired.
God could have told me I was letting him down and really needed to get my act together. But he didn't. Instead, he responded with something like this: I know. But because you reach out to me so consistently in calmer times, these times when you can't stay in touch do not separate us. We have bonds of love. I reach out to you when you can't reach out to me. I'll never leave you. I am always close.
How do you think I felt after that message? Amazed. Assured. Comforted. At peace.
We worship a great and loving God. He never lets go of us. Knowing that gives great comfort in our times of stress. Knowing him this way is exactly what makes us miss him and draws us back into communion with him as soon as the whirlwind stops.
"The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness." - Lamentations 3:22-23
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