A street corner for everyone

When I was a kid, one of the things we did was almost gospel.  We went out and hung at the street corner under the street light until ma or pa called us in for bed.  It was usually just us guys.  Maybe the girls had their own corner somewhere.  Our corner was a place where we caught up on all the daily happenings, the latest in sports, the who did what to who, just good yak-yak.  All in all it was a pretty comfortable place to be on any given evening.  We were with friends who cared about each other, who would listen to each other, and even occasionally offer some good advice.  What was said on the corner stayed at the corner as well.

That was all years ago.  I don't see too many kids just hanging out at the corner anymore.  Things just change over time it seems.  I got to thinking about that a while back.  The street corner, that is.  And I came to a conclusion.....there's a street corner for everyone.  Everywhere.  All the time.  And that street corner is not all that dissimilar from the one I hung at when I was a kid.

For those that pray once in a while, or on a regular basis, they are very familiar with that street corner.  It's at the intersection of Kneel & Talk.  It's called prayer.  There's not a bunch of kids on that corner....just you and God.  But you do the same thing there that you did on the corner when you were a kid:

• you hang out and talk
• you share your day with Him, the good, the bad, and the ugly
• you ask Him for His help
• you are open and honest with Him
• you know He listens and hears you
• and you feel good when you leave the corner

The neat thing about this street corner is that it is always easy to get to (you just have to make the choice to go).  It's right there wherever you are, and whenever you want to be there.  And you will never need your GPS to find it.