GOD AND ME TIME

In Luke 5:15 and 16 we find "Large crowds came to listen to Jesus teach and to be healed of their diseases.  But Jesus would often go to some place where he could be alone and pray."


"It's fairly easy to have twenty minutes of silence alone with God if you're willing to get up early, but it would be also nice to have people listen to you in rapt attention.  I wonder, though, if I would choose wisely and choose the twenty minutes alone with God over the attention of orating to a crowd or even a small group.  I doubt that I could turn away from the temptation of being adored by a crowd of people holding on to my every word.  It would be like a dream come true to be respected and honored by that kind of listening to my words!!  But I know deep inside which scenario gives the greater benefit; it is the time alone with God.


"Jesus received his energy and power to heal and teach while alone with God.  I, on the other hand, need those times alone with God to have any holiness at all.  Without that "God and me" time, I would be unable to serve even one of the lost of the world, as I would be among the lost myself.


Lord Jesus, I need you.  Nudge me to continue the "God and me time", forever. AMEN


I am honored to be able to write this blog.  I have no knowledge of any one who might read it even once, let alone daily. So, I write for Jesus that He might acknowledge my love for Him, even on these pages written in hope that another unknown friend hungry for God's love might someday find my words and respond to them, with Jesus finding one more to know His love.


And if that never should happen, God knows, at least, that I love Him as I write these words.


Jo INMN