My family on my mother’s side is planning a reunion. One of
my cousins has taken on the task and I’m so grateful to her. It’s a monumental
effort to find a place, figure out the feeding of people and make sure everyone
is happy with their surroundings. It’s also tough to figure out who will come
and who won’t be able to make it. Many of my cousins (along with my own
brother) are teetering on their 70’s. It gets harder to navigate and age creeps
up on us all without warning. You never hear age say, “Hello, I’m Age, I’m coming
after you and I will catch you”.
While getting in touch with various cousins, I found one
particular cousin’s email bounced back. So knowing he had email through his
business, I contacted him there. I got a response from him. He’s been sick and
won’t be able to make it to the reunion. Although we were together just a
little over a year ago, I had not talked with him all that time. So I was
shocked to find out he had been very ill. His progress into healing will be
slow as well.
Often we get out of touch with family because of daily life.
We get busy, time flies and next thing you know we don’t have any contact with
them for months, sometimes years. Other times it’s because of a simple
misunderstanding or hurt feelings. It’s easier to stay away from the person who
hurt you or someone who misunderstood you. It doesn’t take long to fill in the
gaps of family time with other things. A good example is drawing a line in the
wet sand along the the shore of the ocean. It covers back over and fills in in
moments and the next person who comes along doesn’t even know anyone was there.
Maybe you are the one who has been left alone. Someone got
offended or didn’t get their way and now you are the one sitting by yourself.
Maybe you tried to contact them once or twice, but figured there was no
point. You feel left out, discarded, embarrassed
or sorrowful. Many times you’ve wished
you could go back and make things different.
You wrack your brain searching for your mistake and then berate yourself
and take all the blame. Regardless of
the reasons, you want to blame yourself and then you want to fix it yourself.
Even if it’s just that time has flown and things got busy,
there’s still time to make contact and renew connections, companionship and affection.
Oh beloved! There’s still time! First things first, pick up
your prayer line and talk with Lord. He will direct you and counsel you on which
way to go. He is your greatest ally, your best friend and your forever
companion. He doesn’t quit you, He won’t turn His back on you and He’ll always
be within the breath of a prayer. Even if you’ve been too busy to talk with
Him, today is the day and He will answer immediately. He doesn’t hold a grudge
or say it’s been too long.
He will speak to your heart and give you instructions if you
need to make amends, reach out or start over.
This marvelous relationship we have with our Lord lets us go to Him in
prayer for everything! This prayer we pray is no mere memorization of words,
but a real conversation with a real and available God. He knows your hurts, He
knows the situation, He knows how time flies. This intimate relationship we can have with
the Lord is worth pursuing so that we have His heart about relationships and
fellowship and more.
Then pick up the phone and talk with that long time no see
cousin, that old and dear friend, that special someone who hasn’t been in
contact in many years. God will open the
doors for you and He will make fellowships sweeter and relationships renewed,
if you let Him choose the way. And always remember, God is the way maker, so
that if things don’t work out, you are still drawing closer to God with every
conversation you hold with Him and that’s something eternal that will never be
taken away.
God loves you and He’s for you – that’s why you can talk to
Him about anything and everything – now that’s an amazing Savior.
Psalm 73:25-26 Whom have I in heaven but you? I desire you
more than anything on earth. My health may fail, and my spirit may grow weak,
but God remains the strength of my heart; He is mine forever.
I Timothy 2:1 I urge you, first of all, to pray for all
people. Ask God to help them; intercede on their behalf, and give thanks for
them.
Philippians 4:6 Don't worry about anything; instead, pray
about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank Him for all he has done.
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