Visiting With God

    “Patience achieves everything.  Whoever has God lacks nothing; God alone suffices.”  (St. Teresa of Avila)

   Being patient is not something we do very well.  We even judge time differently because of our lack of patience.  Times of fun and joy seem to pass so quickly while time waiting results in clock watching and complaining about how long we’ve waited.

   COVID-19 has pushed us into a period of what we see as too much time with nothing to do.  We can’t do the things we would normally do; our schedule is in shambles and we don’t know how to deal with the emptiness.  We can deal with being in a rush to get things done but aren’t capable of being at ease because there seems to be nothing to do.

   We are looking at it in human terms rather than spiritual.  We have an incredible opportunity to visit with God.  Many people say they would like to pray more or read scripture more if only they had the time; they now have that time.

   We can spend our time with the television or the internet or we can spend our time with God.  We can grab that spiritual book we’ve been wanting to read or even use the internet and television to find movies to support us spiritually.  The bible is probably laying somewhere around the house, pick it up and read it.  Visiting with God is so much better than complaining about being stuck with nothing to do.

Lord, teach us patience.

Fill our lives with Your spirit.

Help us cherish our time with You.

Amen