Good morning, world. Things are looking pretty good from the front porch of my farm in Virginia today. The Author and Perfector of my Faith painted a magnificent sky this morning; one like no other “artist” in the world could ever create on their own. The Master of the Universe brought the wind on this cool August morning and moved the clouds along to a place where they’ll bless someone else soon. The Great I AM can command the wind to stop with just a whisper and all of nature hears Him when He Speaks. Wow. I like to 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 I talk to Him too. 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 my 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 to spend time 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 nor is there a 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 a 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 for a Relationship with Him. It’s sad that some people never meet with God at all and their “relationship” is confined to a 911 call to Heaven 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 like to nurture the most Important Relationship in my life as often as I can and spending Time with my God to Surrender each new day to Him is my greatest joy. Sometimes I have to pinch myself when I think about how I am Royalty because I’m a Child of the Living God. Sometimes I get goosebumps when I think about how “He sought me and bought me with His redeeming blood”. Sometimes I weep when I think about how He already knew every dirty little secret about me when He gave His life to pay the price for my sins. Sometimes I’m overwhelmed when I think about the Power that is at my fingertips all because of Him. Sometimes I get frustrated because most people don’t Know Him the way I do. There is no limit to all the “sometimes” I feel when it comes to my Lord but ALL THE TIME I’m Grateful for Who He is and what He’s done for me. ALL THE TIME I’m Grateful that I belong to Him. ALL THE TIME I’m overwhelmed that I have the privilege of stepping into His Presence any time I feel like it because I’m Royalty!

How about you?