Friends

Exodus 33:11
The LORD would speak to Moses face to face, as a man speaks with his friend.


Isn’t that an awesome thought – God speaking to us face to face, as friends? I love the idea! My whole life strives toward a relationship with God that mirrors that of Moses’ (not that it will ever happen, but a person must have goals, right?).

Friends are amazing. Last fall, I was able to spend some time with a dear friend of mine from Houston who was in town for business. I think it had been almost 3 years since we’d seen each other last, and yet we still get along – out friendship just "fits," you know? I think we all have friends like that – where we can be apart for years, sometimes not even talking for months, but when we get back together, we just pick up and carry on. None of that awkward "getting-to-know-you" stuff – just friends, like we’ve always been.

That’s one of the things that just awes me about God. No matter how long it has been since we talked, since we’ve spent time with Him, the moment we turn to Him, it just fits. It’s not like we have to start all over again. We simply deal with the lapsed time, and move on as though we’ve always been there with Him. He doesn’t hold a grudge – He’s not counting up the minutes that we should have been spending with Him. He just wants us to come and spend time with Him now. He wants us to go to Him, so that together, we can pick up and carry on as friends.

Has it been awhile since you’ve really spent some good one-on-one, "friendship-time" with God? Oh, how He would love to sit down with you, and just chat. He doesn’t want to be a long-distance friend. He desires to be the closest friend we have – the One we turn to first, the One we would prefer to hang out with and talk to. No matter how long we’ve been away, He awaits us with open arms, ready to pick up where we left off.