Hello, God--
And thanks for your patience with me. It's been a while since I've written any note to you here, as life has gotten quite busy and there have been very important things that have taken priority over a blog in my life. That doesn't mean that I've forgotten you or neglected you, just that you've given me tasks that have been very important, and I've needed my time and effort to be focused on those things. I enjoy what I'm doing, especially my work with the students, but it does require me to be strongly focused, especially during the first month at a new school.
Not writing on this blog definitely doesn't mean that I haven't been thinking about you or trying to do your will. This blog is a nice way of speaking to you directly through the written word, but it is not the only way that you and I have contact, as you well know. I wish you could let other people realize that there are many ways to talk to God, to talk with God, and that if they need to change up their method of communication now and then, that's fine. It's not a crime.
I think too many people spend too much time talking about God instead of talking to God, and then not listening when God tries to talk to them. In my case, I hear your voice every day that I'm in the school, and if I never wrote to you or prayed to you again, I would still be in constant communication with you. We pay too much attention to what others tell us we should be doing, and not enough attention to the things that feel authentic and real to us.
Oh, well. We all do what we can, right? I suppose the question is whether we're doing the best we can. In any case, I'll try to keep this up now, and perhaps you and I can discuss that very question!
