A few things to concider.
Relationships with family and freinds are unstable. The reason being that as individuals we are inconsistant. one moment happy the next not so much, weak forgetful, stubburn, learning. Two bodies in movement and transition.
My wife and i have been married for 38 years and I love my her dearly. But there are moments when I look at her a see a stranger or someone I literaly despize. There are times when we can finish each others thoughts and sentances and other times when we are strangers. Times when we are going tward each other ,times when we are going away from each other,times when we butt heads, times when one is coming and the other going. Times when we can't get close enough and times when we are simply way too close. Times when we want what we have and times when we don't. The thing is we don't always feel the same way every day.
But like the Willy Nelson song says.
"But, you are always on my mind. . . You are always on my mind.
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Thats the essence of Love. Love is when the other person is always on ones mind.
IHeartLarrytheCucumber,
Jesus is on your mind. It shows in your post. In your concern for that relationship.
Granted Jesus is not visable as are those we have with us today. But jesus is a couple of things they are not.
For instance he is everywhere.
A new born baby's smile, the tears shed over a loved one, all of creation that is about us. A mother,s hug, a fathers dicipline,a brother's or sister's kindnss. The rebuke when we deserve it The kind word that touches the heart. The exact right word spoken at the precise moment it's needed. Every little thing that is good is Jesus showing Himself. He is visible in a million ways every day.
And Jesus /God the father. . . is consistant The same yesterday today ,tomorrow, and always. So when you feel distant, it's not that he has moved from you but you from Him. He's not going to be here one day, there the next. Never going to turn his back on you ,never going in a nother direction.
Unlike people Jesus is not a moving target. He's not going to dodge you when your angry or shun you when your bad, or push you away when you need him. His mind is never going to be some place else. He never wants anything less than the best for you. He knows every hair on your head ,He know's how good you can be and exactly how bad you've been and he loves you anyway.
In our relationship with our heavenly father it is always us that has moved. that has placed or let distance grow between us. We are always on His mind, so all we realy have to work at is moving ourselves tward him. ,keeping him "Always on our mind"
Sincerely His
Cliff
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