Okay....I now am reminded why "Da Blog" is a bit of a gamble. If I can't even manage to have a good conversation with my family or the Lord everyday, then how in the heck am I going to be consistent with this thing? Of course, if I had a least one follower, just one, then maybe I would be motivated to do some more blogging. Course there is an audience of 1....always; .....it would be kind of cool if He would post a comment.....I wonder how that would change things. Right now, there is the awareness that He is present and He desires time with me. I have grabbed a hold of the idea (mostly unsuccessfully) that I NEED to "still" myself and listen more.....for over 30 years now I have made that my mantra within my quiet times and I think I might have amassed a whopping 12 minutes of "still" time if anyone was counting. Probably more than that; .....but I have learned that I want to hear His voice, yet it's so dang hard to either "shut up" or "be still." In faith, I still try, knowing that my God (Abba-Father) probably delights just as much in watching this son of His try and fail time and again as He does in speaking to me in those rare moments when I AM still and quiet before Him! Hallelujah, He chooses to use the image of a father and his children as a metaphor for our relationship to Him. As I think about my own children and how I love their attempts at loving me, I realize the deeper grace and fullness of His love for me...it is inclusive of all that is best and all that is imperfect with me.