the sweetest relationship ever

 There is no sweeter relationship than that between God and His dear children  ( me and you).



     Behold , what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.           1 John 3:1




     Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.           John 14:23






  How very sweet and precious is that!!




But a sweet, flourishing, and thriving relationship takes work. We all know that don't we?
 
  Rather it's the relationship we have with our children,  the relationship with our husbands, ect... ect....
 If we want that relationship to not only just exist, but to be a close bonding, full of love, trust, and over all thriving, flourishing, and growing then we got to do our part.


    It takes daily time with each other, tons of love, trusting each other, and  lots of communication just to name a view.




  And that is the way it is with our relationship with the Lord too. He is not only God. He is our God. Our precious Heavenly Father. We are His precious  children. We call Him Father, He calls us sons and daughters. 
     And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying , Abba, Father.             Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.           Galatians 4: 6-7


See that relationship there.


  And if we want that relationship to not just exist between us and our Farther, but to be flourishing, and thriving, then we must do our part.


 Not "have to", though mind you, but it should be a "want to". It should be our greatest desire and joy!  If we feel it is a "have to", then we have lost the spark in our relationship with HIM.




  Say if you felt towards your husband, "I have to respect him", "I have to cook  and keep house for him." "I have to greet him at the door when he comes home from work", ect... ect....
  Then something would be bad wrong there wouldn't you say. It would be serious time to rekindle that love for him, and find that joy again that you first had when you met and married!!   Cause we should be saying, "it's my joy to respect my husband", " I not only want to cook and clean for my husband, but I take great delight in doing it", and " I am so happy to see him when he walks in the door in the evenings that I greet him very exuberantly ."






    But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.      Romans 5:8    




              We love him, because he first loved us.           1 John 4:19






We don't obey God because we have too, we obey Him because we love Him. We obey His commandments because it is our greatest delight  to do so!




 He loved us even before we knew Him, and He wants a relationship with us.   One where we walk, and talk with Him. One where He is the very center of our lives.  One where it is nothing but pure joy to obey Him . A relationship that we can truly say, "we love to read His word daily" !  "We love to spend time with Him." "We love to pray to Him."  "We love to think and meditate on Him".


    A relationship where we receive lots and lots of blessings. One with very close bonding.  One where we are more than willing to give up anything to have that close love relationship with Him.


  To have that kind of relationship it takes lots and lots of communication on our part ( reading and praying, and mediating on Him).  Lot's of denying the flesh. Lots of putting Him first. More of seeking His will and His desires, instead of our own.
  Lots more of Him, and way less of us!


        And then we have relationship like no other!   
  The sweetest and greatest relationship that can ever exist!


May that be our greatest goal in life!
In Him,
Mae