Prayer...........................How would you like to be ignored????

So a very good friend of mine gave me a great analogy on prayer a while back and it really stuck.  Let me try to set this up.  God is ALWAYS with us.  OK, let me say that again.  God is ALWAYS with us.  Even when it seems that He isn't, even at times when maybe you're doing something that you just might not prefer Him to see you, He is there.  OK??  Point made??  He's there.  Now that we have that established, let me propose a hypothetical situation.  Suppose you were with someone that you love with all your heart constantly and I mean ALWAYS.  24/7, day and night, you went everywhere with them, in their car, to their job, breakfast, lunch and dinner!!  Am I being clear enough??  So let me ask you this.  What if, even though you were with this person all the time, this person that you LOVE with every bit of your heart, they only took time to talk to you on Sunday mornings, sometimes before their meals and once in a while at night before they went to bed?  This person just forgets that you even exist all the rest of their time!!  How would that feel?  You see, God is always there with you and He wants a relationship with you.  Not just for us to sing to Him and pray to Him a little at church.  Not just the occasional before dinner prayer.  God wants to be part of our lives, not only that, He wants to be the center of our lives!!  Doesn't He deserve that??  My very favorite verse in the Bible is Philippians 4:6. In the Living Bible it reads "Don't worry about anything; instead, pray about everything; tell God your needs and don't forget to thank him for his answers."  Do you see that?  PRAY about EVERYTHING.  See God doesn't want us to worry.  We don't add one hour to our lives by worrying.  He wants us to hand it all over to Him and let him take care of it but we have to TRUST in Him that He will take care of our needs.  Not always on our time but on His.  He wants what is very best for us and He wants a loving and caring relationship with us.  So, really, how would YOU like being ignored????

Who are YOU??

This is my first ever blog post and may not make a whole lot of sense but just let me ramble.  I read the Bible.  I love God.  I follow Jesus and I won't apologize if that bothers you.  I'm the husband to a beautiful woman and I have two little girls who I love with all my heart.  I am a member of First Christian Church in Union, MO.  I serve on our worship team and it is an honor to me that I'm allowed to do so.  I love singing, I love attempting (LOL) to play guitar!!  I pray a LOT.  A very good friend of mine gave me a really good analogy on prayer, but I'll save that for my next post.  I love fishing when I get time.  I used to be pretty good at golf but no longer have the time to play as much but I have a great time when I'm able.  I am a HUGE Green Bay Packers fan. Got the tattoo to prove it!!  HAHA!!!  My wife may not believe this but when I'm at home alone, I actually enjoy doing laundry and even dishes sometimes, it relaxes me.  I've been in the car business for 11 years and I'm the sales manager at a Ford dealership.  I love my Grandmother.  She is such an interesting person and for too long I took her for granted.  Sometimes I beat myself up for not spending enough time with her and I need to make that a priority before it's too late.  I lost my other Grandmother a couple years ago and I truly regret not spending more time with her.  I have a lot of really good friends.  Some of my friends, I really look up to.  I'm sure that some of those that I look up to are reading this right now and if that's the case, you mean more to me than you know.  You afford me opportunities that I truly appreciate and I intend on making the most of those opportunities and using my platform to serve God the very best that I can!!!  You know who you are.  I love music.  I REALLY love music.  All kinds.  I love classical music but really only when seeing it performed live.  I like some country music, 70's and 80's rock, but my favorite music is contemporary Christian music.  I took guitar lessons for a while and I wish that I still had time to take them.  I really love playing my guitars when I have time.  I really need to MAKE time but it's tough.  My first love is vocal music though.  I had a full scholarship for vocal music and really did well with it but I was young and goofed it off.  I was going to be a music teacher.  Sometimes I beat myself up about not staying the course but I truly believe that God had other plans for me, at least at that time in my life.  I probably wouldn't have met my wife and my life would be completely different than it is.  I could really ramble on and on and on but I'm going to cut this one short.  So, there it is, my first post.  There will be more, many more I'm sure.  Did I mention that I love God??  Well, yes I did, but I can't say it enough!!!   By the way, who are YOU???