I can’t wait to see you

Friends. Regularly getting together, joy and laughter, shared interests like hobbies, sharing good news, sharing blessings,  time spent over cups of coffee, giving each other good gifts…

And that’s how God wants to relate to us.

Art is one way I am able to experience joy and thank God for it. I smile up at God with a grateful heart for what He has given me to experience. As well as the gifts from God of sharing stories over coffee with a good friend. Making a delicious meal everyone at the table appreciates. Time to enjoy a beautiful sunny day. Not just thanking God but sharing the experience with Him. Standing still for a moment, and in that moment, realize He is standing right there with you. And He is smiling too. Just like when you’re sharing a good happy time with your family or friends. 

Sure there are times we complain about the weather. Or share a concern that needs prayer. But mostly our time with good close friends are colored with love and laughter and on a regular basis. Life is shared and we can’t wait to be together again. 

Come and sit with me awhile. Let’s talk about the books we’ve read. Let’s talk and knit. Let’s celebrate some good news. Let’s make plans. Let’s smile and laugh and hug and …

God is wonderful and happy and smiling - laughing too. God is a real joy giver. Please see Him this way!

Like the Israelites needed manna every day,  so we need to taste and see God fresh and anew every day. Because the memory fades. That first taste of joy forgotten. Grant me again the joy of knowing You, Jesus. This morning. Today. Draw me near. I don’t want to forget the glory of Your felt presence. Feed me again with Your fulfilling manna presence. 

 

Giver of good gifts…

Does great, big, omnipotent, and almighty God - does He have a playful, joyful side too? Does God smile? Or is He all rules and seriousness?

I pray you see God smile today. I pray you see something funny together. Experience good things together. Slow down with a cup of coffee together. Delight together in the gift of extending love to someone. 

I hope and pray this happens often and regularly. As it ought. For God longs to have this kind of relationship with you.

Believe in this side of God. This God of love. It’s time for some sweet “taste and see” dessert in your life. Come and enjoy the goodness of the Lord. Be transformed by the renewing of your mind. 

I led them with cords of human kindness, with ties of love. To them I was like one who lifts a little child to the cheek, and I bent down to feed them. - Hosea 11:4