Daily

It seems that very often when I ask a question about living out my faith, I am given the answer, 'it's about walking it out daily with God.'

'How do I get victory over this area of sin in my life?'

'Walk it out daily with God.'

'How do I grow into my identity?'

'Walk it out daily with God.'

'How to I keep my head above the surface?'

'Walk it out daily with God.'

'How do I have a godly, fun, right relationship with Joel?'

'Walk it out daily with God.'

My daily relationship with God is predominantly conversational. The bulk of our relationship happens when I am not having a 'Quiet Time. (I don't like the term 'quiet time' because it implies that I must be quiet and some of my 'quiet times' can be quite loud). 

I guess it is like any relationship. Relationships don't become 'real' until they involve real life. I can meet with friends only when I am dressed up, looking my best, in an air conditioned cafe for an hour occasionally, and we may really get on and have good feelings about each other, but if that friend was to come over to my house on a saturday morning when I am doing little chores, wearing old clothes, no make up, my hair just anyhow... well, they'd meet a very different Jasmin. It's still me, just me in a different way.

Maybe it is like that with God? Maybe if we only go for dates with God at church, we only get a one sided view of him, but it is in the daily living, the real life, that we get a fuller picture of the real him?