Day 11 of 40
Exodus 34:14
New Living
Translation (NLT)
You must
worship no other gods, for the LORD, whose very name is Jealous, is a God who
is jealous about his relationship with you.
He’s jealous
for you.
Jealous of your
time, your thoughts, even your love.
In chapter 11,
we’re reading about how God wants a best friend relationship with us.
He wants to be
that close confidante we’ve always craved and never quite found completely in a
mere man or woman.
Oh we can have
some wonderful, rich relationships here on earth, but NOTHING compares to the
closeness of a relationship with God.
And it doesn’t
even have to be a specific time to “get away”!
In fact, my
days are often filled with just including him in my everyday life.
I wish I had
the life that allowed me an hour or two of studying my bible everyday, but that
is not the case.
One thing I’ve
had to learn the hard way is how to incorporate Him in my hectic schedule.
It’s pretty
simple actually.
I remember once
when I was an intern at my church… I was probably the hardest kid to get into
the habit of reading my bible everyday (thanks a MILLION to my pastors who kept
working on that with me!).
Then one day,
our youth pastor said something I’ll never forget.
He said:
Michelle, pray when you drive!
So simple… yet
changed my life.
Yeah. Why not?
How often do
you drive from point A to point B and just think about nothing… or maybe you
think about too many things.
If you look for
Him, Jesus will show up in your car and you can have a quick conversation with
him and feel so much better about your crazy life.
Another thing
that I’ve found on the falling in LOVE with Jesus thing… is make time for
special times in your week just to spend with Him.
I shared with
you the other day about how Jesus took me out for lunch on valentines day…
Well let me
share another special lunch date we once had.
There’s a bench
at the park across the street from my work that is so warm and sunny in the
summer. One day last summer I went over there to eat my sandwich and ended up
reading something in the bible that totally changed my life.
It felt like
Jesus was just sitting right there with me and we were just dialogueing about
life!
Then after my
half-hour break was up, I started heading back to work with a little pain in my
heart.
I didn’t want
to leave that lovely place!
I didn’t want
the conversation to end!
I felt like
Jesus just said to me, “don’t worry, I’m not going anywhere. We can continue
this conversation as you work!”
See, he showed
me that day that you don’t need to say goodbye at the end of a Jesus date.
When I got back
to work I was so excited to find that He had gone with me that I texted my
friend Kayla and explained what had happened.
It’s like
having a boyfriend you never have to say goodbye to!
Someone who’s
always there that you can talk with whenever… and the cool part is, He’ll never
ever break my heart.
(Now ladies,
let me ask you… how cool is THAT??)
He’s always
there… don’t doubt it.
He sees
everything you’re going thru… what makes you laugh, what makes you cry and
everything in between.
Practicing remaining
in His presence throughout the day is something I pray that everyone who reads
this blog gets to experience.
He’s SO worth it!
Learning to do
this will completely change your perspective on everything you do in life.
He’s so
beautiful!
Look for Him. He
never disappoints. J
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