It's hard being eclectic. Maybe eclectic is not the right term. Multifaceted...? Well-traveled and/ or experienced maybe. Possibly narcissistic. OK, I've got it....."ecletifacitravissistic". Well, what ever the term, I have too many interest and hobbies and likes and wants and not enough time and money to satisfy them all. Then there is relationships. So many valued friends and loved ones that I am able to neglect with style and ease. Yes, it's all about me no matter how you slice it.

Or is it?

God speaks to his creation in so many different ways. He is ever there pointing, whispering, shining light on our everyday lives. He is constantly trying to gently remind us that He is who He says He is and that he loves us with a love beyond our capacity to understand it. He is so loving that he speaks to us in ways only we will understand at that very moment in time.

Often times we take that "God contact" for granted. We think, "OK, that was weird" or "what a coincidence" when that unique, specific, thing happens that fits our situation to a T or when that small voice in our head gives us a word that answers, guides, or sheds light on our thoughts from outside our own head.

You know, if you do any studying at all to find out who God is and what He's about you will come to the conclusion that He has a plan for all this stuff He has made and for you and me. That plan is for us to join Him in bringing His creation back to perfection by building His kingdom here on earth, in all our hearts, and in the hearts of all people. That is a lot of "christianese" but what it means is; God is always building and moving towards His goal and he wants for us to see that and join with Him in what He is doing.

To get us to that point, He continually touches us and speaks to us in a unique way so that we will come to recognize His presence in our daily struggles, wants and needs and so that we will begin to adjust our self-centeredness to a more God-centeredness.

Yes, Virginia, there is NO Santa Clause. But there is an amazing, interested, providing, God who is in love with His people.