friends r there for each other, and we find it normal or easy to simply just talk to them over anything and everything. sometimes, we may call each other up everyday, in the evening or on the way back from school. we see our classmates everyday, and we have no problem chatting with them right under the teacher's noses. the friends whom we call close to us are probably those whom we either talk to the most or about issues we're going through.

y is it then, tt we find it so hard to talk to God?

granted, we cant see him, or touch him, and there are times tt it feels lyk ur talking to a blank wall. but as we go deeper in our relationship with him, the more strongly we'll feel his presence. i think tt there r usually two things hindering us frm talking with him.

if we dont start talking to God, he's not going to force his way thru. he's a gentle god, and He'll wait for us. start talking with him more often, even daily, and as u talk, talk to him not as if ur writing a letter to a person far away. prayer isnt writing a letter, its a live phone conversation. kneeling down and clasping our hands is lyk picking up the phone and dialing. talk to him, two ways, instead of just going on and on. in a letter, u write all tt u want to write, and then ur done and leave. a conversation is where u pause, and give the other person a chance to talk.

the second is tt sometimes, no matter how hard we try, we cant get there. no matter how hard we push, there just seems to be something blocking us frm God. sometimes there could rly be something blocking. as Jesus hung on the cross, He took on all of our sins, and for the first time, God's presence left him. he cried out, "Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?"—which means, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?". sin is unbearable to God, and he can nvr truly commune with u as long as its still there. confess and ask for forgiveness, and He will forgive you. always.

its hard to hear the voice of God sometimes. it can be rly soft, and u can confuse it with your own thots. but each time u hear smth, if u think it might be frm God, the first thing u can do is check it against the Bible. nothing God ever says will contradict Himself. if u cant find exactly where in the Bible it talks abt, ask someone who might noe.

intimacy with God is hard to achieve, and onli over a long period of time. keep trying, and dont ever give up. He's alws there, waiting for u to return to Him. He sent His Son to die so tt u can return to Him, as a friend and as a loved child.