Longing for God to be my Best Friend

I came away from the reading of Purpose Driven Life tonight knowing something I have always known, I guess. Man will always fail me and God will never fail. In the words of the praise song, I want to know You more. That is my prayer. I'm tired and so this is staying short and sweet. I want to know You, Lord. I want to go Deeper.

It'snotaboutmeit'snotaboutmeit'snotaboutme

When am I ever going to learn? For those who might fall upon this little blog of mine I'll just let you know that I help a friend out in moderating a message board for a concert venue he runs. He's a darn good friend too. He and his wife have been a Godsend for both me and my wife. And I was letting a little dumb thing on the board try and screw that up. It's not about me folks! When will I learn that? Everything here on Earth is nothing! It's small! Eternity in Heaven is something I long for but I keep letting pride and ego get in the way! It doesn't make the world rotate, as I heard in a humorous song once long ago. God, what do I need to do? Help me surrender these small things in this life. Help me focus on You and You alone. Because You alone are worthy! Break me of this pride and ego problem.
And to my friends, I love you all! God Bless You!!

5:16 in the morning

I wake up and for some reason I'm thinking of how I will be when my cat Terror is gone. I hope that day doesn't come too soon. I love my little Terror. It was a very painful decision to put my other cat Naomi down last year, but I had to because she was so sickly and I was robbing her of a good quality life. If you can give that kind of thing to a cat, I guess. But, Terror is different. She isn't sick or anything but as I type this she is here on my lap and I have tears in my eyes. I've had her since she was about 8 weeks old. This coming August will make it 9 years that I've had her. She longs for my attention. Every time I walk through the door, she is meowing to no end. She waits for me to sit down so she can find the comfort of my lap and my touch. And as I type this, I think to myself, what an awesome picture of God this is. I want to be close to God so badly that I will whimper and whine the whole way until I get close to Him and be in His Presence. Lord, I long for Your Presence. Make it known to me in an incredible way today. Surrendering everything, even Terror, to You. I pray for peace today and to watch You work in my life today. Thank You Jesus.