Rediscovering Relationships

One of the characteristics of these troubled days is an increased amount of time with the important people in our lives.  There was a day when we defined the important people in our lives differently.   The influence of peers and the value we placed on getting ahead of others created a list of important people who are no longer so important to us.  The trouble which is all around us has pushed us toward the truly important people in our lives.  For most of us the important people are defined as those who are a part of our families. 

 

Somewhere along the way things got all tangled up for us.  We let the unimportant  become the important.  We sold our soul to the devil who said that all the time we spent earning money was the real measure of our love for the ones we said we loved.  In the midst of the trouble around us we are once again learning that there are those in our lives who love us not because we have earning  power in the market place, but because of who we are.  All these want from us is to enjoy life with us.  It is one of the things so many are rediscovering in these days of stillness and silence.

And, if we are listening to the Voice of God in the stillness, we may be hearing much the same message from Him.  In the days of Lent we might be tempted to think that what God wants from us is a more consistent effort when it comes to reading His Word, or better praying.  Or, maybe staying busy serving others has been our thing.  It might be worth considering in these days that what God really wants is for us to enjoy the life He has given us and to let Him share the joy with us.  He has never really been One who measures us according to what we do.  Actually, He has no desire to measure us.  His desire is for us to simply be who He has created us to be.