relationship

so i'm reading my friend from tech ben's blog, and it occurs to me that i suck at relationships in general. it's not just girls, as i am perpetually concerned with, but also God. my relationships with other are always better when my relationship with God is better. the particular phrase that stuck out to me in ben's post was "wrestle with knowing Him." i like the idea of that. it's not that God is unapproachable, he's the most approachable person in our life. but at the same time he's God which demands fear and reverence. if we didn't have to work at things, we'd probably lose our interest.

i leave you with this. i always appreciate any wrestling in prayer that you do for me.

You must learn to wrestle against the things that hinder your communication with God, and wrestle in prayer for other people; but to wrestle with God in prayer is unscriptural. If you ever do wrestle with God, you will be crippled for the rest of your life. If you grab hold of God and wrestle with Him, as Jacob did, simply because He is working in a way that doesn’t meet with your approval, you force Him to put you out of joint (see Genesis 32:24-25 ). Don’t become a cripple by wrestling with the ways of God, but be someone who wrestles before God with the things of this world, because "we are more than conquerors through Him . . ." ( Romans 8:37 ).
-My Utmost for His Highest 12/16