Today was just another day where we are blessed to be breathing and also a day where we (Amy and I) were enjoying our day off. As Amy was the Pastor at her that was “on call” she had to make some hospital visits she had to make we went to St. Davids Hospital in Georgetown. After her visits we were going to see a movie so I drove her and hung out in the waiting room. After she was done with her visits she took me to the Hospital chapel (pictured above).
It’s amazing what you find when you are not looking.
The butterfly is a beautiful part of creation for me, it represents what God does to something not so great and turns it into something amazing. We sat in the chapel and prayed together, and it was a great holy moment. Then I realized that I couldn’t recall the last time we did this. As ministers we live a life of service to the church and sometimes we can get so focused on that that we lose sight of where we are in our lives. Which brings something to mind.
How do we expect to love God and the world if we have not first recognized our need for time with Him?
I know for a fact that this is not just specific to our situation, but something we can all relate to. We all fall short. We get busy and the first thing that is put on the back burner when we are busy is our relationship with God. Then after time the relationship communication (prayer) starts to get a little stale and you almost forget how to do this. We wouldn’t do this with someone in our lives because if we did the relationship would suffer and usually there are hurt feelings on either side.
So why do we do this with God?
Honestly because we can.
He will let us.
But the good news is that He is always waiting and welcoming for us to return. God is just awesome like that. So, today I am thankful for the findings that God has helped us find.
Praise be to God.
Amen.