Late Have I loved you.

Hello!
I hope your 30 minute challenge is going well and that you are learning a lot. I am more and more amazed each day at how BIG God is. I think a lot of times I think of Him like that only. I see Him as King, Holy and the Judge. I know He loves me but I look at Him more for guidance than for that. I am learning more and more that Jesus is personable which is great but also a little convicting.

In any friendship or relationship on earth it requires two people invest in that relationship and nurture it. If one person is less committed they can be many things.... They can be inconsiderate. They can be apathetic. They can be hateful. They can be uninterested. There are tons of books written about this -- most notably "He's just not that into You" which characterizes if a Man is not calling, trying to spend time with, and/or making plans with a woman than he is in fact not interested.

How often do we do this to God? We don't talk to, make plans or spend time with Him. We are inconsiderate. I've been in friendships and relationships where someone was inconsiderate. Where I was the giver and and they were the taker and the feeling that that brings is terrible. It's a feeling of unimportance and rejection. I've been really convicted to think that these human emotions that I really dislike having-- that these emotions I have given to the perfect and holy savior.  He is the ultimate example of understanding and we just take that for granted. No matter how far we run away He is waiting. No matter how much we push Him away He is there and it is terrible to think that we have not taken good care of the heart of God.

I think I get so wrapped up in how big He is that I forget that these things are things I have to be careful of.  Thankfully for us God is the most patient of all and the most loving but why do we abuse that? Why do we take for granted the love that He gives? Why do we think it's ok to treat Him that way?

Over the years I've grown in my relationship with Christ a lot and the amount of time that I don't talk to, plan with or spend time with Him has SEVERELY decreased.  I'm thankful that He has built that relationship strong and that I do have Him as an ever present part of my life. I can remember though when I didn't pursue Him all the time. When I  said I believed but I truly wasn't "that into Him."  I hate that I wasted that time. I hate that I treated Him like He wasn't important, like I didn't care.  When in reality He is the MOST important.

I pray that as each of you do your 30 minutes each day that if this isn't the normal pattern of your life that you use it as a jumpstart for a RELATIONSHIP with God. I think it's important for me to point at the Christ WANTS a relationship not a religion and the more I know that and build that relationship the more I want to build it.  As I see how great He is the more I want to pursue his greatness. As I feel more loved the more I want to dive into His love. It's intoxicating and addicting the joy that comes from Christ.

So let's not let this challenge just be a fad or a thing to do but rather begin building that relationship that will last eternity with a God who is faithful to give it His all. It's only fitting that we would give it our all too.