Blowing Some Dust Off this Blog Site....

AGH!

That's a one liner. Anyway, yeah, it has been a while since I have written on this blog, and since I am feeling englishy today (which is the sense and/or impression of one's ability to be quite prolific with words and creative with speech) I will begin with a blog post full of...

Here we go:

Has it ever felt sometimes like God wasn't THERE. I've had people tell me before that "I haven't been hearing from God" or " I haven't felt God" or the most frequent "Umm, God...WHY?"

Now I don't have any specific Scripture references to quote to you today. WWJD? Say "Just trust me on this one."

I believe the overwhelming majority of the time where we are NOT connecting with God is when we are too connected with SOMEONE or SOMETHING else. And believe it or not, that can even mean being too involved in your work (I say this to those of us in ministry who tend to get too "bogged down"). I can't count the times that I've been so busy with

the task at hand,

or the school-work,

or the relationship problem,

to really step back and seek God's heart for the situation. And often times we don't realize that we have been disconnected from God until we are so far down our own path in the woods that we forget the 4-lane highway to our right. (If you've seen The Village you might remember something like this.)

And then we ask the question of "God, where are you?"

And God's response is "I've been here the whole time. Where were you?"

Ouch. Zinger!

What do you have to do today to find your way out of the isolated path in the woods, and onto the obvious road that God has planned for you? What do you have to do TO RETURN? What is it TODAY that you need to let go of in order to live life, not just to exist, but to live life to the full?

"For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and (realionship with) God rather than burnt offerings." Hosea 6:6 (italicized translation inserted)