As I prayed tonight the thought occurred to me that God doesn't act in our lives out of habit. God is doing something new with someone new every day. I pray that I'm someone new each day so that God will create in me something new. Even the most intimate of lovers begin to do things within their relationship out of habit. Unfortunately, habits often bring a numbness to the original joy produced in their early stages. What an incredible thought to think that God does nothing in our lives habitually. His compassion and his creativity is new every morning. Thousands, if not millions, of relationships' growth are stunted because of the seeming necessity of habit. Similarly, the growth of our relationships with God is completely dependent upon originality. Since God's love is completely original every day, we are left with two options. We can pretend that God's consistency limits him to the realm of our oft unoriginal thinking, or we can open our eyes, ears and hearts to the new opportunities God places in our lives on a daily basis to fall into a deeper love with our Father and Creator.
Not only is God bold enough to call us his children, but he is intimate enough to open new doors to us and our relationship from moment to moment. And I know all you ladies just love it when a man opens a door for you. Let us embrace the intimacy of God's love. Let us stop trying to pretend there are more viable options. I want everyone reading this to be able to wake up with the excitement of thinking "What is God going to do in my life today". Together let's pray for open eyes, open ears, and receptive hearts that 'we may have power together with all the saints to grasp how wide, how long, how high, and how deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge that we may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God'.
The sunset off the coast of Nicaragua
The ocean between the forrest and the clouds
Pacific ocean coast at San Juan, Nicaragua
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