“[Do] you
have the time?” I [asked].
“My time is eternity. What questions do you have in mind for me?”[i]
God answered, “That they get bored with childhood. They rush to grow up,
and then long to be children again. They lose their health to make money, and
then lose their money to restore their health.
[They think] anxiously about the future. They forget the present...They
live in neither the present nor the future... They live as if they will never
die, and die as if they had never lived.”
I asked “As a
parent, what are some of life’s lessons You want Your children to learn?”
God replied with a smile, “...Learn that it is not good to compare themselves
to others...Learn they cannot make anyone love them. What they can do is let
themselves be loved...Learn that a rich person is not one who has the most, but
is one who needs the least...
Learn that it only takes a few seconds to open profound wounds in persons
we love...It takes many years to heal them...Learn to forgive by practicing
forgiveness...Learn that there are persons who love them dearly, but simply do
not know how to express or show their feelings...
Learn that two people can look at the same thing, and see it differently...Learn
that it is not always enough that they be forgiven by others...They must
forgive themselves.”[ii]
“Thank You
for Your time” I said humbly. “Is there anything else You would like Your
children to know?”
[i] The term “straight talk” means speech
that is very honest and direct (www.merriam-webster.com). There is also a 1992 romantic comedy movie
by this title starring Dolly
Parton and James Woods.
[ii] Adapted from the article, “An Interview with God “by cherylz1961, 2/2/15, http://vimeo.com/8898059
[iii] “Teach them to do all the things I have told you. And I am with you
always, even to the end of the world.” Matthew 28:20(NLV)
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