A Relationship with God

 Yesterday was busy, with going to church, having a church voters meeting, and running several small errands.  The last were deemed necessary.  However, I did read a very good article at the American Thinker by Deana Chadwell entitled Reimagining the Secular Fairytale

We are frequently harangued about “reimagining” whatever it is the left wants to destroy -- reimagine sexuality, policing, education, elections. For me, “imagining” is for fairytales, for Tolkeinish worlds of orcs, hobbits, and magic rings, for Narnia and Cair Paravel. It’s not for public policy, not for laws and regulations that can adversely affect millions of real, flesh-and-blood people. Our nation is suffering mightily under fantastical decisions made by people who either don’t know what they’re doing, or do know and don’t care; they’re too busy imagining their own wealth and power.

I’d like to turn the tables on this make-believe, pie-in-the-sky rip-off and do a different kind of “imagining.” I’d like to explore a different tack -- one that hasn’t been in effect for quite a while -- in fact, has rarely in human history been tried. Let’s imagine….

What, for instance, would happen if we -- at least, say a quarter of us, actually saw God as an absolute reality? Not as one of many “religious” options, but as the reality of realities, as the one Being that exists outside of time, outside of space, Who is actually the Inventor of those two dimensions. What if our days were filled with wonder -- wonder at the amazing minuteness of creation, at the immensity of the universe, at the beauty and efficacy of all that He has made? This shouldn’t be hard to do; science is discovering daily new evidence that this is so. Our own observations -- the hummingbirds at the feeder, the glories of the sunrise, the thunderous power of the weather -- should at least make us ponder. Surely the ability of all animal life to “see” is a miracle, the complexity of reproduction, the glories of gemstones found buried in the earth, the wonders of a seed -- doesn’t all that at least give us pause?

Not only is God real, indeed the reality of realities, but while many people believe in "a God," they don't believe He has much to do with our world. And of course, why would He. After all, we don't seem all that inviting, do we? But if one looks around, he will be able to see miracles happening everywhere he looks. While we are ignoring God, he continues to be involved with us.

The truth is that God loves us. We don't deserve his love. He loves us bedause of who He is, not because of anything we have done. It is a gift. Indeed, He loves us so much that He sent his only begotten son to die a cruel, brutal and humiliating and innocent death on a cross to reconcile us to Him. He wants a relationship with us.

Realizing all this, perhaps we should have a relationship with Him. We could start by praying in the morning our gratitued that he has preserved us and asking for His guidance through the day. And in the evening, praying our gratitude again for bringing us all the things we needed that day. Indeed, if you don't know it, the Lord's prayer, being what Jesus Himself taught us to pray, is the perfect prayer:

Our Father, who art in heaven, 

hallowed be Thy name. 

Thy kingdom come,

Thy will be done, 

on earth as it is in heaven.

Give us this day, our daily bread,

and forgive us our trespasses, 

as we forgive those who trespass against us.

And lead us not into temptation,

but deliver us from evil.

For Thine is the kingdom, and the power and the glory, forever and ever. Amen

Please go read all of Chadwell's article. Please also consider going to a church every Sunday. Some churchs are becoming "woke" but since God never changes, we know that the woke agenda is not reality. Find a church that cleves to the ancient traditions. And try praying every day.