The Divine Lover of My Soul

Sometimes I feel like the world’s biggest hypocrite. I know the Lord, I’ve experienced Him in a deep and personal way, I lived with Him, day in and out, talked to Him, walked with Him, shared so much with Him.

And yet, it’s so easy at times to sidetrack Him. To compartmentalise Him. To just - forget.

Recently work’s been so hectic (yes, I too make excuses) and since the year began, I probably entered the chapel all of three times. Though my Scripture reading is regular, I knew what I was missing. And yet I couldn’t help it.

I did have time for the parties of this season however. For the endless wedding functions, one more extravagant than the other and so many functions per couple. And also other partying on the side. So easy to buy into the “Work hard, party hard” ethic.

And so I shunned Him. I rejected His pleas to spend time with me. I took Him for granted. I tried to get away with it; “You know my heart after all”. Yeah right.

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