Dear Jesus,
This morning I am working hard at just meeting with you. I get so distracted so easily. Thank you for waiting so patiently to be with me as, I, like a squirmy child, try to settle in.
As a grandfather, I see my grandchildren squirrel around, and I watch their parents try to manage all that energy. What do I do? Sometimes I just smile or even laugh. If it seems appropriate, I help. At other times I contribute to the energy of the grandkids (to the parents’ frustrated delight).
I wonder, is that what you do with me? Do you treasure the relationship so much that you enter into it right where I am at? It is amazing to think, that you, God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit, the three in one, would enter into my world in such a way.
The truth is, I am living in your world. The one you created. Yet, you come into the world that you created, all the way into my little space, and you dwell with me. You are there when I do focus on just you. You are there when I am hopelessly distracted by every other thing that comes by me.
Thank you Almighty God for meeting me right here, this morning.
One of the challenges I experience as a father and leader is the misperception that I am not approachable or not interested in the everyday happenings of the people I live and serve with. It appears that the way you overcome that misperception is that you keep entering in to my world by choice.
I don’t think I could approach you if you didn’t approach me first. You are sovereign, holy, righteous, pure, truth, love, grace, forgiveness, justice, mercy, and creator….and that is just the beginning. How could I every approach you? I have no right on my own. No standing on my own. I have fallen and stumbled in so many ways.
Thank you for coming to me. Thank you for making it so easy for me to be able to come to you. Thank you for accepting me right where I am at, and then working with me from there. Thank you for giving me the right to be in your presence. Thank you for giving me standing in your presence. It is all because of you and your continued pursuit of me that I am with you today.
Thank you Father, Son, and Holy Spirit for your presence in my life today. Thank you for being with me this morning.
In Jesus name,
Amen