Squirm

Over the past 4 weeks, I have noticed something in our new girl. Whenever I hold her, at first she squirms.......a lot. I speak to her and hold her in my arms and eventually she settles down. But she does not do this at all with Erica. At an instant Erica will hold her and she is calm. It's because she is more comfortable with Erica. Sadie has spent countless hours with Erica (a good number of them at 2 am)! Sadie is familiar with her smell, sound of her voice, etc. She squirms in my arms because she is not familiar with me. You know where I am going with this, right?

I wonder how many times we squirm to get out of God's arms or out of His presence because it is just uncomfortable? When He speaks to us we do not recognize His voice (John 10:4). When we come into His presence we talk to others, think more about the hot guy/girl next to us or in our math class, find ways to go to the bathroom, etc. It is all because we are not comfortable with being in His arms. And the only way for us to get comfortable is for us to spend time to get to know Him. Think about it this way. How do you get to know your family? You sit around the dinner table with your family. You go to the grocery store and help you parents go shopping. You go on vacation with your family. Should I continue more with some examples? When we know God we will want to be with Him because of who He is.

James 4:8
Come near to God and He will come near to you.....

Live it,
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