HOW OFTEN DOES GOD GET A VISIT?

I have just finished doing an internship in counseling in geriatrics with patients who live in nursing homes.  One common thread with them was that they don’t get a lot of visits from family.  Of course, some may not remember due to memory loss and others just don’t get visits anymore.  When I heard this, on my way home a thought came to mind.  How often does God get a visit?

How many times we plan to pray, read the Word, or just sit and talk to God only to find we are getting ready for bed and it dawns on us we didn’t spend any time with God.  We say to ourselves, tomorrow.  I will do it tomorrow.  We become

just like the family who doesn’t make a visit to a loved one in a nursing home because of a busy schedule and time just slipping away.

If we don’t make time for God we will miss out on the best He has for us.  Sometimes God likes to hear what’s on your heart or just to chat.  Once we consistently make an appointment to meet with God we will find out it takes very little effort or time and it is fun to spend time with Him.  God doesn’t get lonely, we are the ones who get lonely and we can’t figure out why.  Inside of us is that feeling that something is missing and we just don’t know what it is and what we need to do about it.  We will search everywhere and try any

thing and for a time or a season the ache will dissipate and then it comes back.  Learning to visit with God on a daily basis is the only thing that will truly take the ache away.  We were created that way, the need to spend time with God is a part of who God made us to be.

Make time today, this week to set a time apart for God.  Give Him five minutes and see it will change you.

                                         JOHN  FRANCISKOVICH