Every morning I get up before the rest of the family and get ready for work. With Lisa's new work schedule, I leave before she gets out of bed. She is usually always either sleeping or going back to sleep as I leave, and I always give her a good bye kiss before going. The other morning, I was in a hurry, and as I bent down to kiss her head, my approach was a little quick, and I hurriedly kissed her and started walking out the door. She asked if everything was OK, and I said yes why? She said the way I kissed her didn't seem right and she thought I was mad or something. I assured her everything was OK I was just running late.
She drifted back off to sleep and I headed out for work.
As I was driving to work saying my morning prayers, I thought about what she said and it caused me to think about how I approach God. Do I approach God in a hurry so I can get on with life? Or do I approach with the intent of lingering in his presence for awhile? I thought about how many times I throw up a prayer on the way to work, or right before I go to bed, and I wonder if God ever says, "What's wrong? The way you approached me didn't seem right."
To Lisa it might have been a fairly insignificant thing, but to me it was a lesson. How we approach those we love tells that person something.
What are you telling God by how you approach him?
2 comments:
How appropriate for me was your lesson this morning. Sometimes, I have trouble focusing on my devotions or going to prayer every morning. I enjoy the relationship I have God that He and I are on a constant conversation plateau, meaning, we talk to each other all throughout the day.
However, there are times I feel like a pagan when praying out loud with a group of people. I try to focus on Him and Him alone, yet there are so many hurtine people in our church, that taking them, by name, to the Father's throne, is difficult.
i.e. - the prayer request that came through Khristian Letz. This is such a little boy, the only boy of Kevin and Michelle, and Michelle with all her problems, my heart ached last night for the entire family.
Anyway - thank you for recognizing the parallel between Lisa and God and time spent. I loved it!
Mom
Superb analogy, Chris.
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