In Michelangelo's painting it is, even without the title, obvious to who these two people are. On the right God, on the left Adam. God is stretching, using every muscle to reach towards Adam. God wants to be near him, even the muscles in his index finger are reaching. Adam has God's full and complete attention. And then we have Adam . . . lazy and careless. Adam lounges on Earth, caring but not enough to really try. God makes himself available in every way to Adam. All Adam would have to do is lift a finger, but he allows God to reach out while he sits back and watches.
Are we like Adam? Is God so close that all we would have to do is lift a finger?
The one thing that Ortberg showed me in his book, was that God wants to be with us sooo much more than we want to be with Him. He makes himself available every moment of every day and yet we lay there only a finger's length away.
Now when I pray I always tell God, "I'm lifting my finger to you! I want to be with you too!"
I encourage you to reach towards God, lift your finger and reach!!
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