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This is good stuff, danagirl, and something to which I very much can relate. If you care to read my bio and testimony, you will more fully appreciate where I'm coming from when I say that since the Lord led me to do a 180 in my life, I began talking to Him very regularly, and in a very non-traditional manner. Well, I guess I always had a bit of non-traditional going on with Him, even way back in my crack-smoking-street-walking days of aproximately 15 years ago, as I would stroll along, bombed out of my gourd, looking for even more self-destruction all the while thanking Him for His protection and forgiveness and asking for guidance, etc. Sounds ridiculous, doesn't it? On the one hand, yes, but on the other hand, I now know that this is an example of how long He has been working on me ... but I digress. Lol ... sorry. Anyway, my life got way better for many years, and I was mostly a good girl for over a decade. Then I started flirting with the devil again, just a bit this time, but never did anything too horrible ... I only "rode the fence" a little for a couple of years before God put the smackdown on me for good and forever. This time, He got me all the way, and I've committed my life to His ministry and His service for eternity. But my point is this: In this last year and a half that He and I have become so very intimately close, not only do I instinctively pray morning and night now, but I find myself thanking Him all day long for every little good thing that happens. Like finding a good parking spot, "Thanks, Lord" ... or making it to an appointment on time, "Thanks, Lord". Even not catching a red light when I'm rushing through traffic or something, it's still automatically, "Thanks, Lord". I've had friends look at me like I'm nutz, but I don't care. Point being, I don't even think about talking to Him now; I just talk to Him. Like I would talk to a friend. Like I'm talking to you, right now. And it's so easy now for me to instantly and unconsciously give Him credit for allll good things. Even the teeny ones. And I love that I can speak to Him as a friend, in the full knowledge that He knows the reverence and honor I hold for Him in my heart. I don't always have to give Him fancy titles and such when I pray. He knows who He is. And while it is something I do sometimes, and I like calling Him by many of His beautiful names in prayer, too, when I don't, it doesn't mean that I have any less respect or reverence for Him, right? He knows that, too. I just love that I seem to talk to Him all day. He's always on my mind, now. I guess it's because NOW I'm in love with Him, and THAT is so very, very good. Anyway, thanks for sharing this post and making me think. Sounds like a good read; I'll have to check it out.
Love in Him, Mona
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Posted 01/07/2009 06:01pm
Author: ilovehimso
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