40 DAYS OF PURPOSE
Chapter Eleven: Becoming Best Friends With God

Main idea: God wants to be in friendship with us, not just feared by us.
Most impactful verse: "[God] made the entire human race and made the earth hospitable, with plenty of time and space for living so we could seek after God, and not just grope around in the dark but actually find Him. (Acts 17:26-27 MSG)"
Most impactful concept: Friendship with God is attained through constant conversation (us speaking to God) and continual meditation (God speaking to us).
Other thoughts: Like any friendship there is a time and place for both parties to converse and share thoughts and secrets. I like this picture of God. I like, also, that it is continuous. When I don't see a close friend for a period of time, we are often not quite as close as before - that takes time to build again. For many, thispicture of friendship is a difficult picture to come to grips with, considering God is also so incredibly HUGE that He created everything and is to be feared above anything else. But this is what makes His frienship so special - He deigns to call us friends; it is up to us to remember that even our intimate frienship with Him we are not only friends, but still also sons and daughters, servants and created beings.