Good morning, world. Things are looking pretty good from the front porch of my farm in Virginia today. The Master woke up the world this morning with the gentleness of a lamb and I heard the world around me respond to Him with joy. I can’t help but think that God smiles when He hears His creation making joyful noises each morning, and I like to think that He smiles when I meet with Him and make a Joyful noise of my own. More than those little prayers I whisper throughout the day and more than the song I’ll randomly sing about the King, are the quiet moments when it’s just me and God. Isn’t that the way it’s supposed to be?

It’s an amazing thing when you think about it; I get to meet with the Living God, the King of all kings, the Great “I AM”, the Alpha and Omega, the Prince of Peace, the Bright Morning Star, the Creator of all life, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God who breathed life into me, the God who bought my redemption with the life of His only Son, any time I want to. In fact, He longs for me with Him! He’s never too busy for me and He hears me when I speak. He loves me when I’m weak and He loves me when I’m strong and there is nothing He won’t forgive me of and no limit to His protection. He knit me together in my mother’s womb. He knows every hair on my head, my prayers are like incense in Heaven to Him and He stores all of my tears in a jar. With all this in mind, why in the world would I NOT take the time to meet with Him each day just to tell Him how I love Him?

It’s sad how some people meet with God out of guilt or some sort of sense of obligation. It’s sad how some people meet with God with a checklist of scriptures and a well-planned agenda. It’s sad how some people set a timer to be sure that God-time doesn’t interfere with their personal schedule. It’s sad how some people think that “meeting with God” in a church building on a Sunday morning should be sufficient. It’s sad that some people never meet with God at all and their “relationship” is confined to an S.O.S. should they ever need anything. I wouldn’t want anybody I care about treating time with me that way…giving me so little attention and so little heart…why would God be happy being treated that way either?

I’m an imperfect woman living an imperfect life BUT I serve the God of Perfection with everything I’ve got to give. As for me, I like to nurture the most important Relationship in my Life as often as I can, and I like to spend time with my God to surrender each new day to Him. He is WORTHY!

How about you?