Time....Strength....

"I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me--(15) just as the Father knows me and I know the Father-- and I lay down my life for the sheep."  (John 10:14--15)

How much time do you take to be with a friend?  Do you "check in" daily?  Once a week?  Once a month? When ever you think about it or are "in the area"?  Does it depend on how well you know them?  How well they know you?  Now days we have a wide variety of ways we can "check in" - from having coffee together to having coffee together via zoom.  We can talk, text or actually see (sometimes) each other face-to-face.  Which brings up another question..... how much TIME do you spend with said friend(s)?

This Scripture reading is about how Jesus cares for each, and all, of us.  How well HE knows us and the relationship Jesus wants to have with us.  The question is - what type of relationship we have with Jesus.  How much time do we spend with him?  When do we talk to, or with, him?  Are we spending time with him daily?  Are we listening to and DOING what he is asking us to do?

Busy schedules, unexpected changes in said schedules, changing seasons and many other issues can change when, where and how we are spending time with Jesus.  We are all very busy with our own schedule and then we add in the needs of our care receiver and even more time is "gone."  The need - to be with our friend, brother and Shepherd - grows stronger BECAUSE of all the challenges and changes.  So....how much time are you taking with our friend Jesus?  Something to think about....