Quiet Friends Pt.2

Been pondering and discussing this from my heart the past few days and wanted to add a little reflection examples from this life.

In the husband and wife relationship (which God has used as examples for me both in my Bible and in my own experience with David), you start off with much pomp and circumstance with the wedding, needing to cuddle a lot or hold hands, or whatever to feel connected. But as the years and the experiences have grown and added up, I am overwhelmed when he just comes in the room. There are many days I can't get through the children to get to him for a hug, often I do, but nevertheless to make eye contact and smile across the room connect us. It used to be about what he planned for entertainment on a date or what he gave me recently that drew me in. Now I love to merely sit by his side. The games and the experiences are all the bigger when he is there but they aren't the highlight. This is how it is with God as well.

Through the parent lens, the boys have gone through this stage (or are in it) where they just talk and talk and talk. All the time chatting, processing vocally their world, our relationship, and their philosophies (whether understandings, musings, or desires). I often feel we are in a non-stop conversation from morning til night. I am always on the lookout for ways to entertain or little things in life to point out to them. I know (I hope and pray) there will come a day when we can just sit together and enjoy each other's presence. Both of these relational times I will value for different reasons, but I sense that this is where I have come with my Father. Out of my immaturity and insatiable desire to be wowed by His actions and lessons to a point where He Himself wows me quietly! I realize this does not stop Him from moving and acting; it just makes it more profound when He does and more enjoyable during the waiting, in the interim.