TIME THIEF

Wow! Time has flown away and taken a year with it. I can't believe that it's been so long since I posted. I do believe there is a message here.

Last October I posted a message "Redeeming the Past", logged out and never imagined that it would be almost a year before I signed in again. What happened? Where did the year go? Life just got incredibly busy and blogging fell by the wayside. Is that all that fell by the wayside? Sadly, I fear that blogging was not the only victim. What one area of our lives is more important than all others? Our relationship with God - that daily visit with Him. We wake up in the morning rushing to get out of the house - rushing right past Him sitting there waiting to visit with us. Do we even feel His disappointment? All day long we rush here and there, from one meeting to the other never having a moment to spare...just too busy. We rush from home to work, from work to this appointment, time for the gym, time to cook dinner, time to wash the laundry and plan tomorrows meal, but no time for Him. Sorry Lord, I'm just incredibly busy. Yet He is always there when we have a need, always watching us as we rush around without time for Him. He always has time for us, and longs for us to take time to visit with Him.

How did we get so busy? How did so many of life's little things become so much more important to us than our time with Him? If we could only see into the realm of eternity I believe we would see Him, the one who loves us with a perfect love, as His tears of dissappointment flow. I also believe that we would see the 'Time Thief' with a broad smile upon his face as he enjoys the scene of all our rushing busy-ness.