We all have this need to be loved, needed, accepted, a place to belong. Maybe that's why Facebook is so popular. I click, invite you to be my friend, and boom! I have a new friend on my friends list. I think I've got something like 50 friends on Facebook - Not bad for an old guy I suppose. But, there's this point of acquiring friends on Facebook that's really scary -- You know - You click the invite this person, then....... you have to wait to be accepted. That's pressure, huh?
I guess it, in many ways, mimics life. We reach out to others with no certainty that they'll reach back - We invite without being sure they will accept - We hope to develop a friendship, but there's no guarantee it will all work out --
I'm really glad that's not the way it is with God. You know that would be stressful -- God, will you be my friend....Wait a minute and let me think about it. He doesn't have to think about it - He already invited me - Before creation, before I was even born - Knowing how I would turn out, what I would do, and not do... But, he chose me, and that's a good friend to have...
God sent us the friend request. It's up to us to hit Confirm or Ignore.
Posted by: Joe | October 28, 2008 at 10:52 PM