Relationships take work, effort. Our relationship with the Almighty God is no different. We must take time, quality time to be with Him. To listen and be still.<\/p>\n
Many times I have found myself distracted as my husband shares about his day or explains some new techy thing. I am caught up in whatever…making dinner, caring for the baby, my own desire to share about my day, my phone. Anything and everything can distract me if I let it. When I neglect to\u00a0listen to my husband I am neglecting our relationship. I am putting others things or myself first.<\/p>\n
The same is true with God. When I am so consumed by the tasks of the day I am not listening. I am not attentive to His Spirit.<\/p>\n
Back when My daughter was a newborn I struggled with time. Life seemed consumed with caring for her. At times I was overwhelmed. I remember sharing this with a friend, confessing to her that I felt like my relationships were fading. Even my relationship with God. She gave me advice that I still hold onto. She talked about how my relationship with God might look different now because my life changed. She told me I just needed to get creative with how I spent my time.<\/p>\n
Years ago as a new Christian, I had made the habit of having quiet time in the mornings. Now with a baby that proved impossible. So this friend encouraged me to find other times to meet with God. When I was up in the middle of the night feeding my daughter, be still, listen and, pray.<\/p>\n
That is the beautiful thing about our relationship with God. While holy and sacred it is also personal and without boundaries. We don’t have to be alone at a restaurant to talk to God. We don’t have to reach Him through a cell phone. He is available. 24\/7. God is always listening.<\/p>\n
Likewise, we can train our hearts to listen always. To be still. To be in His presence. Always. God’s Holy Spirit is inside of us, after all!<\/p>\n
John 14:16-17\u00a016\u00a0<\/sup>And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate, who will never leave you.<\/span><\/span> <\/em>17\u00a0<\/sup><\/em>He is the Holy Spirit, who leads into all truth. The world cannot receive <\/em>him, because it isn\u2019t looking for him and doesn\u2019t recognize him. But you know <\/em>him, because he lives with you now and later will be in you.<\/em> NLT<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18\u00a016\u00a0<\/sup>Rejoice always, <\/span>17\u00a0<\/sup>pray without ceasing<\/strong>, <\/span><\/em>18\u00a0<\/sup>in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.<\/em> NKJV<\/span><\/p>\n Psalm 46:10\u00a0Be still, and know that I am God;\u00a0<\/span>I will be exalted among the nations,\u00a0<\/span><\/em>I will be exalted in the earth!<\/em> NKJV <\/span><\/p>\n Matthew 26:41\u00a0<\/span>Keep watch and pray, so that you will not give in to temptation. For the spirit is willing, but the body is weak!<\/em> NLT<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Relationships take work, effort. Our relationship with the Almighty God is no different. We must take time, quality time to be with Him. To listen and be still. Many times I have found myself distracted as my husband shares about his day or explains some new techy thing. I am caught up in whatever…making dinner, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":449,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","sharing_disabled":false,"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":""},"categories":[11,24,8],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/godsgoggles.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Image00080.jpg","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s7NWg5-532","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/godsgoggles.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/532"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/godsgoggles.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/godsgoggles.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/godsgoggles.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/godsgoggles.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=532"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/godsgoggles.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/532\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":534,"href":"http:\/\/godsgoggles.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/532\/revisions\/534"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/godsgoggles.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/godsgoggles.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/godsgoggles.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/godsgoggles.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}