What happens when we neglect a relationship? Distance between two people grows, we feel isolated or lonely, and we become indifferent. The one thing that kills love, is neglect. How does neglect affect our relationship with God?
The difference though, is that God never neglects us. He is always faithful in His love, present and attentive to us and nothing can change or separate us from His love. It is we, that neglect Him and so our experience of God changes.
Neglect is to presume, ignore that which you have, to allow mediocrity and let vitality be lost. It is when we allow ourselves to drift away. We say things like: “it is not what it used to be;” or “I don’t get anything out of it;” or “people, or they are not as friendly anymore.” The problem with drifting is that when everyone else is standing still, you are in fact actually moving away. When we allow ourselves to drift from God, even though His love toward us has not changed, we are the…
