Do you have a long distance relationship with your Savior? I asked myself this question this past week, and have found it to be exceedingly convicting. There is a 16 hour difference between here and Japan, where Kyle is currently stationed. Long distance relationships can be……..interesting. One thing that makes it hard is the limited amount of time that we are able to talk. It isn’t like I can call him at any time I want to…. or the other way around.
During my Bible time one morning I realized that I was putting my relationship with God in a box. It was like I had regulated God to my quiet time in the morning, or in other words to that scheduled phone call time. I stuck to my bible reading schedule as if there wasn’t anything else to read, and kept my prayer time to the 15 min in the morning and “help” messages throughout the day.
Revelations!!!! I don’t need to have a long distance relationship with my Savior! He is with me all the time! I can read in his word voraciously! I can talk to him ALL THE TIME!!!!!!!!!! I don’t have to wait for the sun to come up, or him to get off work before he is available. This past week I’ve been working on being more spontaneous and less rigid about my quite time. It has given me great freedom to just let loose and literally “eat” the Word. How awesome it is that even though we can’t physically see him, we don’t have to have a long distance relationship with our Savior.
