I'm sure everyone has pondered this question at some point in time. We all want to know the answer to this age old question. There really is no mystery. No magic trick. No potion to drink. Just like any relationship, to grow, one must spend time with the One in which they want to grow closer to. Usually our time is dictated by our interests and therefore our activities. From the time we are little children, we make friends within our social activities. School, sports, clubs like Girl Scouts, (or Brownies, which I was), or 4H. As we age, our circle of friends changes to reflect where we spend our time. College campuses, the dorm, a job, church, the gym. Each friendship grows from the time spent with one another. If you look back on your great friends, you can reflect on the memories you made with each other. Most of those fond memories where not centered around anything huge or monumental. But by the little mundane, simple times in between. Life is lived in between the big events. Good friends are made in the everyday living. Those good friends are considered good friends because they are friends of the heart. They really know you and you know them. They know you like Ranch dressing on your salad and that you hate Catalina. They know you crave a Dr. Pepper from Sonic every afternoon at 2pm. They might even bring you one. They know that your Dad left you and your family at age 16 and never looked back. You know some of there deepest hurts and secrets. And you accept them for who they are and they you. Faults and all. That's a true friend. We can not gain those friendships unless we invest time in them. Time talking and time listening. Crying, laughing. Sharing your heart. Sharing your love. There really is no difference in our relationship with God. It requires the time of a good friendship. How can we become BFF's with someone we don't really know, talk too or spend time with? Does God want to be our BFF? You bet, and so much more. He wants to be the one we share our joys, our sorrows, our life. He wants to be our Friend, our Counselor, our Protector, our Deliverer, our Joy, our Healer, our Savior. He wants to be our Everything. He is our Creator. Who better to plan out our days for us? Who better to guide us on this path He has created on our behalf? Why would we not seek His advice, as a true Friend and Counselor? Why would we not go to Him as we live life in the in between? He already knows the way it turns out. He knows what will make our life great. We must seek to spend time with God everyday. We must get alone with Him. We must be still before Him. There is peace and great joy from a relationship with God. If you don't believe me, give it a try. Put it on your ical to spend a set aside amount of time with Him. A little Holy BFF time. If you commit to doing so and you hold strong in your commitment you will not be disappointed. The bible says, if we earnestly seek Him with all of our heart and soul, we will find Him. Ask Him to give you the discipline to spend time with Him each day, alone and still. If you really mean it, He will show you the way to make it happen. So give it 30 days. Journal it along the way. Pay close attention to what God is saying to you. You will be amazed at how He speaks to you. He loves you so much. Give Him your time and attention. I promise you, He will show up.
