A Month in the Life

I know good Christians shouldn't admit this, but I've never been a "good" Christian. I have a hard time communicating with God. I start a prayer, then my mind jumps to another topic, and my prayer is forgotten before I even realize it. I try really hard to have quiet time, but I'm pretty bad at keeping up.

Yesterday and Today, I decided to ask God for a ride to school. I stopped by for a caramel frappe, and told God to hop in before I left the coffee shop. As I drove, we talked about school, the youth group, and my latest guy troubles. I asked him questions, and surprisingly He answered back. I was actually upset when I reached the school because I didn't want our conversation to end.

I may have looked crazy driving down the road talking to myself, but I figured people would think I was wearing an ear piece for my cell phone! :-) To the traditional "Oh, holy father, I thank You for Your many blessings" prayer types, I may be stupid. But somehow, it was much easier to converse with God the past two mornings when I said, "Hey God, what's up?" than when I try to speak all proper.

As far as I'm concerned, it doesn't really matter whether you follow the exact format of the Lord's Prayer, as long as you are openly communicating with God. If that means pretending like Jesus is sitting next to you in the passenger seat, then who cares?

Bless His/Her Heart. -- [expression]. An expression added to the beginning or end of a sentence to justify saying something not nice about someone, although the statement is usually true. If the expression is used alone, it is to be implied that although the person is nice, there is something definitely wrong with them.