Good News

This is going to sound weird but nevertheless; it is true. What I am about to say goes against our desires and our hopes. The feeling that God is absent from our lives is good because it means that we have a relationship and that we are not following after an image or an idol. Anthony Bloom in his book Beginning to pray writes this: "If we could mechanically draw Him into an encounter, force him to meet us, simply because we have chosen this moment to meet Him, there would be no relationship and no encounter. We can do that with an image, with the imagination, or with the various idols we can put in front of us instead of God; we can do nothing of the sort with the living God, any more than we can do it with a living person. A relationship must begin and develop in mutual freedom." The reality is that God is never absent from our lives. Every part of his creation from the raindrop to the sunset is full of His glory, and there is nowhere in any part of the universe where He is not there. But God longs to be sought after. To be chased so to speak. God cannot be manipulated but sometimes he will play hide and seek with us. I don't know about you, but I enjoy the chase!