Little Things

Have you ever noticed that it's the small things in life that give us the most grief?  How many times have you found yourself livid because you can't find your keys or you're running late or your computer or phone decides to quit working?  Welcome to my life in the past week.  Last night, I was getting ready to go to bed, and I thought, "Marlie, this is stupid that you've been so angry about this all week.  You found your keys; you got to work.  Once upon a time, people didn't have phones, and they did quite well."  It's amazing how our society is so driven around these things.  My brain can't even wrap around not having access to other people in a matter of seconds.  I can't imagine having to write letters about news, and having one conversations with someone could take well over a month.  I can't fathom it.  You know what the funny part of all of this is?  I have access to the Lord every second of my life, but oh how very little I take advantage of this access.  This week when I was absolutely stressing out over it all, how often do you think I even cared to share my concerns with Him?  How often did I share my heart with Him?  It's incredible.  This is God we're talking about.  Not some other person.  He's the One who created the seas, the sky, the earth, us.  He is high above everything we are, yet this same Lord cares to speak with us.  He cares about our day-to-day concerns.  He cares about our happiness, our joy, our sadness, our anger.  He knows us in the deepest way, and in turn He wants us to know Him deeply.  "Pray without ceasing" is what He led Paul to write.  Paul also wrote this:

 ¹⁴ Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has gone through the heavens,  Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to the faith we profess. ¹⁵ For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet was without sin. ¹⁶ Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.  --Hebrews 4:14-16, NIV


"Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence.."  O Lord, thank You that You give us this gift of speaking with you and that You have made a way for our relationship to be intimate.