Missing someone...

So every once in a while I feel like saying, "I miss (so and so)..." The thing is, my mind starts the sentence and can't figure out who I'm missing. The unfinished sentence just sort of hangs there in my mind. It's not that there aren't people to miss. I have friends and family but as I slide each of their names in the slot I realize that none of them complete the sentence. As I think about having them with me right now, I realize that none of them will fill that "missing" part of me. And so the search in my mind continues. As I think on, I realize that the One I am missing is the One I so often avoid (perhaps not always consciously but I avoid Him none-the-less). The One whose name fills the blank is the One who never leaves me empty. He's the One who always fills me and quenches my soul's thirst. The One who I am missing is God. And I know He's the One I'm missing because He's the only One who can make me feel whole. He makes me feel beautiful, redeemed and treasured. He's the One who can change all the bad in me. He makes me a beautiful person. He gives me purpose, direction and joy. He doesn't care who I was or what I've done. He doesn't stay offended with me when I give Him reason for offense. He doesn't judge me when I make bad choices. He doesn't hold my defects against me or stop drowning me in His love. "I miss God." I miss our precious time together and what happens to me when I'm with Him. I love Him and He loves me. And that won't change.

Now to go find Him for a while... After all, He is always available.