with Mom and Dad as much as I do for about ten days
each July. One day, Iʼd called for the second or third time
just to hear Dad say, “Is it Cynthia again?” Still, I just
couldnʼt seem to help myself: Mom and Dad have begun
a tradition of keeping my boys for a couple of weeks
during the summer. Oh, it isnʼt that I donʼt trust Mom and
Dad to look after their grandsons competently. It is
simply that I miss my boys and want to be part of their
lives. I donʼt want to miss anything of what is happening
with them. So I made a lot of phone calls to Iowa during
those ten days.
It occurred to me that my Heavenly Father is the
same with me. He wants to stay in close contact with
me because He wants to be a part of my life. He reaches
out to me in many ways, quietly and unobtrusively. That
part of the analogy follows through too. If, at any time,
either of my sons had said, “Mom, please donʼt call so
much. Donʼt bug us,” I would have quit calling. I believe it
is much the same with our Heavenly Father. When we,
through our priorities, demonstrate that we arenʼt much
interested in conversing with God, He allows it.
What am I getting at? Itʼs called prayer time. Itʼs
called prioritizing your day so that you talk with your
Heavenly Father. Itʼs sharing every part of your day with
Him. Is the goal telling God all about the things you did all
day? No, the goal is that in sharing with Him on a
continual basis, you are building an intimacy so that you
share whatʼs truly in your heart. Sharing those intimate,
personal thoughts and confessions are a necessary step
in submitting your heart and life and soul completely to
your Heavenly Father.
When my boys come home again, there is a flurry of
words recounting adventures to one another and a
scurry of feet investigating all the things that have
changed around the house in those ten days. As I watch
them, I think about all the phone calls to them. It reminds
me very powerfully of how much my Heavenly Father
wants to talk with me - every day - because He loves
me.