Does anything get any more heart-rending than parenting? I suppose marriage comes in a close second.
But right now I’m a parent who’d like to take my checkerboard and go home.
Unfortunately, I can’t afford the tiny apartment; so I’ll be staying put.
I feel like I owe a public apology to God.
God, I’m sorry for all the times I’ve clenched my fists and raged at You. I’m sorry I’ve accused You of not loving me because You say no. I’m sorry for not trusting that You say no because yes will gut me and leave me squirming in spiritual, emotional or physical agony or a nice mix of all of the above.
Do you ever find it amazing that God only flooded the earth once? If it were up to me, I’d probably start over with a literal clean slate every generation. Why would God, who can even see our yucky thoughts not only LET us populate His earth, but send His Son into it to offer salvation?
And our response is a lot like a snotty, selfish teenager or a defiant three-year-old…You haven’t done enough God! I want my way. NOW!
Please forgive us. Thank You for Your great mercy which keeps lightning bolts and floods restrained.
But right now I’m a parent who’d like to take my checkerboard and go home.
Unfortunately, I can’t afford the tiny apartment; so I’ll be staying put.
I feel like I owe a public apology to God.
God, I’m sorry for all the times I’ve clenched my fists and raged at You. I’m sorry I’ve accused You of not loving me because You say no. I’m sorry for not trusting that You say no because yes will gut me and leave me squirming in spiritual, emotional or physical agony or a nice mix of all of the above.
Do you ever find it amazing that God only flooded the earth once? If it were up to me, I’d probably start over with a literal clean slate every generation. Why would God, who can even see our yucky thoughts not only LET us populate His earth, but send His Son into it to offer salvation?
And our response is a lot like a snotty, selfish teenager or a defiant three-year-old…You haven’t done enough God! I want my way. NOW!
Please forgive us. Thank You for Your great mercy which keeps lightning bolts and floods restrained.
1 comment:
A-men, Kelly!
I will join you in that public apology. Truly we serve a merciful and long-suffering God!! Oh that we could be the parent He is to us!!
A-men!!
Kim
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