dailydatewithgod

Do you ever watch children when they see something they like?  The first thing they do is reach for it, so they can see it up close and experience it will all of their senses.  They touch it, put it in their mouth, look at it from all sides, shake it to see if makes noise, etc.  They want the full experience of whatever it is that has caught their eye.  But it all starts when they reach for it.  The same is with us, when we see something that attracts us we reach for it. We may not pick it up and put in our mouths but the first thing we do is go closer to it.  God is reaching for us all the time.  God wants to draw closer to us, to get to know us better to share love of the creation that is all of us with us.  But God will not go where God is not invited.  There is a dance involved. God created all that is and looks to the creation to set the stage for the engagement of the relationship.  God shares all that God is–beauty in nature, breathing and functioning of our body, a sense of peace in our hearts, etc.  But do we reach back?  My prayer for us today is that we begin to pay attention to all the ways that God tries to reach us and decide if we want to invite one of those ways in closer.  Make it a great one!  Peace~Colleen