Spiritual Sunday

In continuation of our "Go" series, our pastor preached on the story of Ruth and Naomi. How Ruth, after the death of her husband and the departure of her sister-in-law, refused to leave Naomi, committing herself to Naomi through and through. The moral? How God is the glue in our relationships.

Why is God the glue in our relationships? I contemplated this for some time. The first thing that I always seem to apply the messages to is my relationship with my mom. Since our estrangement, I have recommitted my life and accepted Jesus Christ as my personal savior. However, has she? I do not know. So, my first reaction to this message was that our relationship is broken because I have a strong relationship with God, while hers is weak.

But, I don't think that is what is meant by this message. I think that what is meant by "God is the glue," is that God brings people together. I think about my life currently and I consider the people that are in my life. I think about all of the people that God has put in my life in the last 18 months and I can see a purpose for each of them. (This doesn't mean that the people in my life prior to these last 18 months weren't put there by God for a purpose, it just means that I haven't contemplated that yet.) Take, for example, Taylor's teacher. I prayed and begged God that we would not end up in the school district that we are in. I knew what was best for my kid and this definitely was not it. Then it came to pass, that we were stuck here. So I prayed and begged that we get into a different school. But alas, we didn't, we ended up exactly where we are. Why? Because God put this amazing veteran teacher in my son's life to help him through his first year of school, to help him to bloom and blossom as no one else could have. And He put her in my life, to remind me that I only get one chance to do right by my kid and to help me be an advocate for him.

I could regale you with similar stories through pages and pages on this blog analyzing the relationships in my life and identifying why God has put each of them there, but I don't think that I need to. I think that you can see how "God is the glue."

Who has God "glued" you to?