God know's where we are right now...

I was driving my son to school yesterday and he piped up from the back seat... "Mom... God knows where we are right now." A simple statement? As we continued to drive I could tell the wheels in his head were turning, subsequently the wheels in my head were turning. The point being that God knows where we are even when we are going 60 km an hour.

Lately my life seems to be travelling at that pace. Probably slightly over the speed limit. Too fast... but just slow enough that I can stay in control... most of the time.

I began to reflect on the business of life and my struggle to fit in personal devotional time on a daily basis. What my son said (along with a little prompting of the Holy Spirit I'm sure) turned on a light bulb for me. I have been scheduling God into my calendar along with and unending list of things that need to get done. School, Bible Study, Lunch, Appointments, Dinner, this meeting, that meeting, story time, bed time.... God. My light bulb moment for the week was this: Stop trying to schedule a time slot for God. Not that I don't need to make sure I am spending time in prayer, reading and studying scripture and going to church but there is something I've been missing in the business that is my life. God needs to be part of everything else too.