How can I go from your spirit. Where can I flee from your presence? If I go up in the heavens, you are there, if I make my bed in the depths, you are there. — Psalms 139: 7-8
At some point in each of our lives we think we have outgrown the need for our parents. It’s not cool to visit them compared to going out with friends. We become too busy to return their calls. It’s too embarrassing to be seen with them in public, they slow us down.
We treat God that way at some point in our lives, as well. We can do just fine without God in our lives. We are too busy to pray. How embarrassing to actually talk about God with our friends.
Funny thing, despite our attempts to abandon God, he remains present and faithful, always ready to accept us back into his open arms.
Funny thing too, when one gets wiser we wish we had spent more time with our parents, asked them questions, called them out of the blue, and had taken them out more to ballgames, to dinner, and simply for a walk in the park. I certainly do.
Have a good weekend.
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