We're in this thing together

Imagine this with me - your very best friend in the entire world asked you to go to lunch with him. You can't wait to talk with him and have been wanting to have a good turkey sandwich at Panera and are looking forward to it with everything in you. Although the sandwich is an important part, you are even more excited about spending time with your friend. Hearing what is on his heart and growing in closeness with one another. He means the world to you, and even if you didn't eat a thing while hanging out with him, just being there together would be enough...Thirty minutes before you are about to meet, your friend calls up and says he really isn't feeling Panera any more and would rather have a coffee at Starbucks. Yeah admit it, you were super excited to eat that Turkey sandwich, but changing where you eat has absolutely no effect on how much you care about your friend or he cares about you. Where you eat or the type of food shouldn't change the rich conversation you can have or the ease of being in one another's presence.
       In just the same way, how we expect God to meet us or what He will teach us doesn't change how much He loves us - it also shouldn't change how much we can feel his love. I might be sitting enjoying His creation by the creek - His love letter to me. I may have a friend walk up to me and tell me something they appreciate about me - His love letter to me. Maybe I am in worship and the presence of the Holy Spirit brings me to my knees - His love letter to me yet again. God comes how He wants to come. The truth remains - "But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us." 
He loves us, He loves us, He loves us. It might feel like God is a million miles away - well He's not. There's no ifs ands or buts. God grace and mercy for us is bigger than we will ever comprehend. He wants to be with us. DESPERATELY. I hear about people "putting God in a box" then have the realization that I was doing it myself.  He was teaching everyone around me new things about the Holy Spirit, while He wanted to teach me about being His friend. Just hanging out to be with Him. All of it is good, all of it is perfect because it's from God - but it took a wake up call from the Lord to recognize He will speak to me in the way He wants to break through to ELIZA, not the people around me. Through all of that, He would continue to draw me to His presence - reminding me that He is three in one. I can feel the love of my Father God, closeness of Holy Spirit and kindred friendship of being with Jesus. Sometimes it seems like God is coming through for everyone around you, but just not you. It's not our job to judge what God is doing in other people by what is or isn't happening to us. Every person has a unique and beautiful journey with God. UNIQUE and BEAUTIFUL. He is writing his love letter to you, in just the way HE PLANNED IT. Find your love language with God. Spend time with Him. Tell Him your fears. Search out a new and raw honesty in the way you talk to God. He is not oblivious to your fears or frustrations - as a matter of fact He already knows all of them, but He wants to hear them coming from your heart. He is so gentle and wants to invade your life in the way He knows is best for you. 


"Change your life, not just your clothes. Come back to God, your God. And here's why: God is kind and merciful. He takes a deep breath, puts up with a lot,This most patient God, extravagant in love" Joel 2:13(The Message)