Maybe its time I set down the keyboard and took a walk.

"The whole Bible is about the 'loneliness of God.'" This idea is attributed to G.K. Chesterton in a book that surfaced recently in my library. I have just set out to preach through the entire Bible and this idea resonates with the first chapters.

Adam and Eve's fall draws God from heaven to find out what happened to His prized people. Cain's temptation finds God at his side to correct and encourage. Enoch and God took walks until the last one ended in heaven. Noah was found among the thousands on the earth. God searched intently for any who were looking for him.

In "A burden Shared" David Roper quoted Chesterton as part of his discussion of time alone with God. Roper picks up what he calls a 'throw away line' in Jesus' discussion with the Samaritan woman, "God is seeking those who will worship him in spirit and in truth." God found Enoch. The only attribute we hear from the Old Testament about Enoch is that "he walked with God." Yet that was enough to find him listed among the faithful examples in Hebrews 11.

Maybe its time I set down the keyboard and took a walk.