If God were to sit across from you, what would He
see? As He gazed deeply into your eyes,
what revelations would come to Him?
Do these questions make you feel
uncomfortable? Does fear strike at your
heart at the very thought of sitting down with God in an intimately close
conversation such as this? It probably
does for most of us. Yes indeed, it
would be unnerving.
Perhaps there is another way to view this kind of
intimate close-up with God. Keep reading
please.
If God were to sit across from you and me, I think
the He might say some affirming and esteeming words such as these ...
“You are my
beloved child. I love you with such a
depth of love. I doubt you will ever
understand just how much I love you. The
greatest poets and song writers try to un-wrap this love relationship I have
with you, but they pale in comparison to the real deal.”
God is still talking. “Here
are some thoughts I think toward you.
“I love you
right now, this very minute, just as you are and not as you should be. I love your torn jeans, your sweaty
tee-shirt, your dirty tennis shoes and your bad breath.
“I love your
efforts to do right, and I even love you when you are so far from me.
“I love you as
you run away from me and try and drown your fears and angst in a bottle of
cheap bourbon or at the end of a needle stuck in your arm.
“I love you
when you piously attend church dressed in your Sunday best, though your mind is
on the football game, or you are thinking about the last deal you made or the
next one coming up.
“I love you
even as you pull up to your secret rendezvous to meet your lover.
“I love you
when you do your taxes, and when you take a shower.
“I love you
when you are 95 and can hardly move out of bed and need help with simple bodily
functions.
“I love you
when you discipline your kids, hard as that may be, and I love you in the middle
of the madness of an argument with your spouse.
“I love you
on Monday mornings on your way to work, and I love you on Friday afternoons at
6PM when you head into your weekend.
“I think of
you all the time. I watch over you. I hear your angst, your frustrations in
conversations, and your laughter in the fun moments and the tender moments you
express to that one person above all others who holds your heart’s affections.
“I have used
the word love 15 times already, and yet that doesn’t measure the immense amount
of compassion and deep feelings I have for you.
“I know your
disappointments.
“I know ever
fear.
“I know
every wish that is yet unfilled in your heart.
“I know what
you are best at and what task you dread doing.
“Do you
see? I like you and I love you.
“So, when I say
‘I want to be nearby, just remember I won’t intrude. I’ll slip only into the places and spaces you
offer up to me.
“However, I will
never stop loving you.
“Never!
Your God!
P Michael
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Hope
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