Facetime with Jesus

Jesus and I have a pretty sweet relationship. And when I say sweet...I mean in a cheesy, mushy kind of relationship. We have the ultimate husband and bride relationship. But I'll talk more about that on a future post! :) I said this because in our morning time together today, He said He misses us. I found this statement rather odd seeing that He is with us at all time. It was later after much thinking that He showed me what He meant. He used my brother Tim and his wife Toni as an example. 

If you don't know, my brother Tim is in the Navy and currently deployed to Afghanistan. He and his wife Toni have been married for almost 25 years. The last 25 years they have spent life together. They've experienced joy together. They've experienced sadness together. They've experienced late night pillow talk. They've experienced the ups and downs. The list goes on and on... That many years of closeness make separation difficult. 

Tim will be gone almost a years time. During this time, he and Toni are able to still communicate although time and distance separates them. Thanks to Apple, they can use Facetime to video message. Unlike the past where soldiers would go without hearing for weeks or months, they can now see each other face to face. They can interact and communicate via the internet. Despite having this contact, I'm sure they can both agree that it comes nowhere close to physically being in each others presence. 

Jesus, although fully God, was also fully human. Being fully human, He also experienced the power of human touch and what it does to the human spirit. He lived on this earth for 33 years. He had parents whom He hugged and kissed. He had close friends that he told secrets to before He let the public know. He washed their feet. He had late night talks around the fire. He traveled with them. He had his beloveds. Then His time was up and returned to Heaven. Although Jesus is patient, I know now that He can't wait until He can be back in contact with all of us. 

Just like my brother and his wife, Facetime temporary satisfies them considering the circumstances. Jesus also desires "face time" with each and every one of us until His return. Yet, many of us are so busy that we cannot make the time. Imagine my brother dialing in from Afghanistan and my sister-in-law never answering his call. He misses home and longs to hear and see her. She says she loves him, yet she can never make time to answer. She can't wait for him to get home, but is not willing to communicate with him in the meantime. You see where I'm heading?

So many of us act in the same way. God desires to see us. He desires to hear our voice. He anticipates the time that we can spend together. He wants to hear how our day went. He wants to share in our joys, sorrows, and moments of anger. He desires true relationship with us. He desires the intimacy with us. If you call yourself a follower of Christ, God desires His Facetime!

And yes, He can't wait to see you face to face too. My brother did a previous tour in Kuwait. I had the honor of being part of the welcoming committee. We had flags and waited with anticipation as he descended down the escalator at the airport. When he did fully, there was a flood of emotions as he ran to his wife and kids. People in the airport saw what was happening (since he was in uniform) and began applauding. I also believe our face to face reunion will be the same. The angels will rejoice, and Jesus will run to embrace us. There will be tears of joy. 

I know this analogy may be silly, but I find that Jesus often tells me things in parables that I can relate to! :)I pray that my sharing this helps you to see your daily time with Him in a different light. I encourage you today to make the time to Facetime with Jesus. Spent that quality time having heavenly exchanges with Him until you can be reunited with him face to face. Dial Him, gaze at His face, and talk. It's just that simple.