Come to me all you who are weary and burdened and I will give you rest. Matt 11:28

This morning I picked up my daughter on the way to work. Her little girl is 1 ½ and, upon seeing her mom with her coat on, clung to her. She did not want mommy to leave! This little one sometimes is just happy sitting in her mommy’s lap or even having her present in the room. She loves spending time with mommy.

What a lesson this teaches! Our God would love for us just to be satisfied sitting in His lap – enjoying His presence. We don’t even have to say or do anything spectacular, but just enjoy being with Him.

At times I have struggled with my prayer times – I worship, I sing to Him, I speak my prayers. When the time is quiet and I am not quite there, I struggle. But God doesn’t care if I have eloquent prayers or the best singing voice in the world. He doesn’t even care about the worship songs I pick or if I raise my hands high enough. He wants me only to enjoy being in His presence.

We have formats for prayer and guidelines that are supposed to help us pray. We have scripture references and worship songs picked out. And yes, these are good and can be very helpful. However, we should realize that it’s just relationship He wants with each one of us.

He loves to hear us laugh and tell Him all of our stories. He listens as our hearts cry as we lean on His big shoulders. We call God our best friend, our protector, provider, and healer. We should be pouring out to Him just as we would a friend. We should relay to Him our needs, our hurts and our desires. And yes even dance with Him!

So do what you must, but remember it’s all about loving to be in His presence. And enjoy – remember to enjoy this special holy time with the One who loves you beyond what you can or could ever imagine!