Have you ever met someone new and you immediately know in your heart that you want to get to know them better?  If so, think back about how you got to know that person.  For me, I think of my best friend, the one who passed away in March.  Heidi and I were very different, but we just clicked on another level.  We were both teachers who demanded a lot from our students, so we were not the most popular, although we did seem to be always busy working to help our students.  We shared ways that we helped our students to succeed.  We shared our home lives, and the problems with our grown children.  We shared about the everyday challenges that life brings.  We ate lunch together daily, met together in the morning and most afternoons before going home.  So, we got to know each other pretty well.  So much so that when Heidi’s husband left her for another woman, she came to me.  When she found Bob (her widow), we met together as couples and my husband became Bob’s friend, just as I was Heidi’s.  I was the matron of honor in her wedding.  When she got ill, Bob called me and I went to the hospital frequently to spend time with Heidi while Bob and Harry went out to lunch.  Why would I give you all of these details?  Because I want to illustrate that you form relationships with people by spending time with them.  You also form a relationship with God by spending time with Him.  How do you do that?  Pray.  Read His Word.  Meditate on His Word.  Talk to God, and then sit quietly and listen for Him to speak to you.  Many people are drive-through Christians.  They drive up to the window, tell God what they need for the day and keep on driving, never paying attention to the fact that God may have something more for them than what they are demanding of Him for that day.  We cannot know the  hidden things of God unless we listen to Him.  How did the prophets like Jeremiah know what to say?  How did Daniel know how to interpret Nebuchadnezzar’s dream?  Because they took time to wait on God and listen.  I am not chiding my readers so much as reminding myself.  A wise preacher told me long ago,”If you are no longer hearing from God, then go back to the last place you did hear from Him and go from there.”  I desire to hear from God; I desire to please Him and to know Him in a way that I can tell Him anything and He can do likewise with me.  I want Him to be my best friend, just as Heidi was.  No secrets…just a close relationship that means I can trust God and He can trust me.  Think about it.