Today was a great day of reflection and wisdom.  I was able to sit down with a close friend of mine who is intimate with the Lord and share life with him.  It was such a great experience for me as we just had a chance to sit and talk about how God works and how much He just wants to be apart of our everyday lives.  I have been spending more and more time in God’s word and reading what others have said about God’s word.  In the end, they always talk of a God of love, but within that “TRUE” love lies discipline.  There is a wave of belief that is starting to trickle throughout Christianity that we have a God of all love and no discipline.  When I hear this and read this I know that I should spell that god with a lower case “g”.  We have such a complete God, and one who not only sits on a thrown but sacrificed His son for our souls.  We have God who has experienced all the bad this world has to offer physically, emotionally, spiritually in death and resurrection.  As I find myself staying away from television and spending more time with God, there is this excitement which I have never felt before.  Its like when you meet someone really cool and you just click.  There is something there that makes you just want to spend more time with them and get to know them.  There is this pull of attraction that is hard to explain.  I am feeling that about God.  I can relate so well with the prodigal son, I have squandered all I had to hold to spiritually.  I asked for my share and tried to live life the way I thought I should.  Well, God being the awesome Father that He is, welcomed me back with arms wide open.  His thoughts were not of what I have wasted and lost, His thoughts were of the moments we will get to spend together from here on out.  He is a God of Love and Discipline and He is a Father who loves His beloved so much.  I feel like I am home now and I know that I have been at that “distant country” for a long time.  I can just picture Jesus standing and waiting with a look of excitement on His face and a jump in His step as He sees the return of the son.  He longs for us and weeps for us when we are hurting and in need.  The moment we choose to come home, it is in that moment that I see Jesus like a child excited to receive a gift that they know will be a good one.  Our friend, Savior and King is standing and waiting to welcome back all of His sons and daughters as they choose to return home.  Come just as you are, for you are My Beloved.. Amen..