Knowing God or Having a Relationship With Him??

Sitting here tonight thinking about a conversation I had with a friend earlier this evening. We were talking about people that say they know the Lord. But there is a difference in "knowing the Lord" and "having a relationship with the Lord". for example... when we work with someone, we may know that person, or know of that person, but that is different than having a personal relationship with the...

m. How many times do we hear people say, " well, I know the Lord", but do they have a personal relationship with God? .... that deep walk with God that we need to have....
Another example is just like with our companion... If we just "know" our companion, but don't feel that closeness with them, then it's sometimes a cold empty feeling. Just like when 2 people marry... they may just know each other, but not really have that closeness. But when we have a personal relationship with them.... a closeness with them, we can feel how much they love us, and we know their love is truly real. We love them in return and we know we would do anything to protect them, take care of them, and show our love for them. A personal relationship with them.
I don't want to just " know God" .... But I want that close walk with him. I want to live for Him in such a way that he knows that I love him with all my heart! Matthew 22:37 says Jesus replied,"Love the Lord with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind." There is so much more to knowing God then just knowing who he is. I want to be a woman after God's own heart! I want a closeness with him like I've never had before, and I want to continually have a desire to be closer to him! What about you? God bless...

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Christmas Time Is Here!!!

Hello fellow bloggers .............  Christmas time is upon us! ...........
It is just 14 more days until Christmas Day and I'm looking forward to it! My Dad and my brother and his family are all coming to our house to be together and I know it's going to be wonderful! But most importantly is that Jesus will be there  too! But why would He not be? He is with me every day of my life!  My husband and I watched a Christmas show last night and the first thing the guy said to everyone was "MERRY CHRISTMAS"!  And it was repeatedly said throughout the program. I told my husband that I loved it because they were not ashamed to say it.....they didn't say  HAPPY HOLIDAYS ......  they weren't offended by it....... but wait.....oh that's right...they were in Canada..
I love my country and I'm proud to be an American, but no matter what anyone says, WE ARE A CHRISTIAN NATION  and it amazes me that the word CHRISTMAS is not allowed in most work places now and in so many other places! My opinion is, we allow other religions now to voice  their opinion about what they believe, we are not offended by that, but suddenly the Christian belief is offensive and not allowed. I think Christians should be offended by that!  It is sad when I go in somewhere, or pass someone on the street, and when I say MERRY CHRISTMAS they drop their head and either just look at me or say, "you have a good holiday".  God help us.....
However, I will continue to say Merry Christmas, and I will continue to keep that Christmas spirit throughout this glorious season, and every day of the year! Because I love to be happy...I love to smile....I love to see others smile....I love to encourage people.... I love to love people.....and I love my Savior Jesus Christ!!  So God bless each and every one of you this Christmas Season.  Love your families, enjoy the time you get to spend with them, because it could be your last time together....I was blessed to have my sweet precious Mother in my life for 50 years, and Dec. 6, 2010 God took her home  to be with him. But we had a wonderful Thanksgiving that year together, not knowing it would be our last with her. So cherish the time you have with each other. Love each other, laugh together, cry together, share memories together.... It's not about the gifts that we go out and buy....It's about being together and sharing life.
Have a  great day .......  and.......   KEEP SMILING!!!!!!!!