I am reading Foster's book Prayer and it is really causing me to look at prayer differently. I have been praying that Jesus would reveal more of himself to me in ordinary everyday things. I wanted to share something he clarified for me . (I have been seeing it more and more lately, but last night God condensed the process down for me into one sentence).

Time is the only thing we really own of any value that can buy anything of real worth and the only thing worth "buying" with our time is relationship.

Deeper relationship with God and through that deeper relationship with others. That is the only thing we will take with us into eternity. We all know that we won't take things with us, but I think we forget that we do take relationship with us. I really love the book Boundaries by McCloud but, I think Christians can take it too far and insert the western idea of having your "own" time. I am finding that if I continue to create "sacred" quiet space with the Father, that kind of alone time will give me what I really want. Peace. I assume that time by myself will feed my tired soul, but I have found, it doesn't. Out of "sacred" space I find the "rhythm of the kingdom". Time with God then time with others. Constantly flowing back and forth. The whole concept is amazing when you really journey deeper into it with the Father.