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By Jummai Philibus
10/15/20
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FAR AWAY
Just like any other thing you procrastinate, it will begin with hesitation and then you tell yourself you are tired, you will do it later and when the later comes, so many laters come and go until you finally lose interest on what you wanted to do.
It was like that with my relationship with God. I told myself how tired I was; After all God would understand I would tell myself. I would start my day and end it without communicating with the best father and friend I will ever have: imagine that!
I woke up one morning feeling everything was not alright, an essential part of me had disappeared and right in my heart there was a vacuum that made me depressed, life no longer seem pleasant. I knew deep within me that everything was alright but a nagging feeling disturbed me. I racked my brain trying to figure out why I would wake up suddenly sad. I believe it was the wind or a voice inside me that spoke, it whispered one word “GOD” that made me ask myself the big question, when was the last time I treated him as an essential part of my life?
I made a startling discovery: I had stopped giving God my time, each day I had taken few steps way from my best father and friend until I could see Him no more. I had distanced myself away from the protective arms of God, from him who exudes joy and peace and moved closer to the evil one.
I had made a terrible mistake but I would not allow it to weight me down, my father is always ready to welcome me back into his loving arms. That’s exactly what I did, like a child running away from a monster to the protective arms of his father, so I ran to my heavenly father and there he was smiling at me, wiping my tears and filling that agonizing vacuum with His love.
Come near to God and He will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double minded. James 4:8(Good News Bible)

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