THE INTERVIEW WITH GOD
I dreamed I had an interview with God.
“So you would like to interview me?” God asked.
“If you have the time” I said.
God smiled. “My time is eternity.”
“What questions do you have in mind for me?”
“What surprises you most about humankind?”
God answered...
“That they get bored with childhood,
they rush to grow up, and then
long to be children again.”
“That they lose their health to make money...
and then lose their money to restore their health.”
“That by thinking anxiously about the future,
they forget the present,
such that they live in neither
the present nor the future.”
"That they live as if they will never die,
and die as though they had never lived.”
God’s hand took mine
and we were silent for a while.
And then I asked...
“As a parent, what are some of life’s lessons
you want your children to learn?”
“To learn they cannot make anyone
love them. All they can do
is let themselves be loved.”
“To learn that it is not good
to compare themselves to others.”
“To learn to forgive
by practicing forgiveness.”
“To learn that it only takes a few seconds
to open profound wounds in those they love,
and it can take many years to heal them.”
“To learn that a rich person
is not one who has the most,
but is one who needs the least.”
“To learn that there are people
who love them dearly,
but simply have not yet learned
how to express or show their feelings.”
“To learn that two people can
look at the same thing
and see it differently.”
“To learn that it is not enough that they
forgive one another, but they must also forgive themselves.”
"Thank you for your time," I said humbly.
"Is there anything else
you would like your children to know?"
God smiled and said,
“Just know that I am here... always.”
-author unknown
This is a really cool poem from a web site that uses it as a ministry. They have this as a presentation and it's set to music with really breathtaking scenery for backgrounds. and the whole thing is very relaxing and amazing. The words of the poem are so powerfull on there own. Please check it out and fell Gods love over you. Check out The Interview with God
Friday, February 06, 2004
Tuesday, February 03, 2004
God's Love Awareness Day
Winter term is almost over, just one week left and then I can go home for the long weekend. I'll get to celebrate my dad's Birthday with him and be with my family for Valentines day. And I'll get a chance to talk and hang out with my sister and also see some of my friends.
On the subject of Valentines day: It is thought of as a day for couples to celebrate there love for each other. A special day for a guy to shower gifts and love on his special girl, a time for him to take her out to a special dinner and to give her flowers. Pink and Red, colours of love, are seen every where this month. For those of us that are single it is often dreaded and called names like "lonely hearts day" or one that me and my friends in high school always called it was "singles awarness Day"
Every year my parents would give me and my sister something special, a little box of chocolates and a stuffed animal or something, and a card. They never forgot to share there love for us on this day. As nice a these gifts were it was still not as special as receiving these same things from a boy. But that's not necessarily the right response. You know what... Valentines Day isn't just for couples. It's for everybody. It is a day to show our love and God's love to those around us that we care about. Our friends and family need to know that we love them to. I would like to call this Valentines Day "God's love awarness Day" I think this is a pretty apropriate title. and definetly much better than couples day or something like that. Because ultimatly our first love shouldn't be some boy or even our husband(if you have one) But our First Love should be Jesus Christ!!! So shouldn't this day, like ever other, be all about him.
Whether you have a misserable day sulking, or a great day celebrating with someone, Valentines day is really a matter of our attitude and heart. It's a choice. We can choice to sulk because we don't get something or we can choose to give to others. and I have a feeling that the latter is probably a whole lot nicer!!
I'm saying all of this to myself as well as to others. God is Amazing and His love is greater than any love that we could ever experience on Earth. And he has been showing me a little bit of that and I can't wait for the day when I can experience all of his love all the time. So don't forget to celebrate "God's Love Day" !!!
(inspiration and awareness for these thoughts and revelations were provided by an article in the Feb. issue of Brio and Beyond. It's an amazing magazine, I highly recomend it!!)
Listening: WOW 2000 Disc 1
Winter term is almost over, just one week left and then I can go home for the long weekend. I'll get to celebrate my dad's Birthday with him and be with my family for Valentines day. And I'll get a chance to talk and hang out with my sister and also see some of my friends.
On the subject of Valentines day: It is thought of as a day for couples to celebrate there love for each other. A special day for a guy to shower gifts and love on his special girl, a time for him to take her out to a special dinner and to give her flowers. Pink and Red, colours of love, are seen every where this month. For those of us that are single it is often dreaded and called names like "lonely hearts day" or one that me and my friends in high school always called it was "singles awarness Day"
Every year my parents would give me and my sister something special, a little box of chocolates and a stuffed animal or something, and a card. They never forgot to share there love for us on this day. As nice a these gifts were it was still not as special as receiving these same things from a boy. But that's not necessarily the right response. You know what... Valentines Day isn't just for couples. It's for everybody. It is a day to show our love and God's love to those around us that we care about. Our friends and family need to know that we love them to. I would like to call this Valentines Day "God's love awarness Day" I think this is a pretty apropriate title. and definetly much better than couples day or something like that. Because ultimatly our first love shouldn't be some boy or even our husband(if you have one) But our First Love should be Jesus Christ!!! So shouldn't this day, like ever other, be all about him.
Whether you have a misserable day sulking, or a great day celebrating with someone, Valentines day is really a matter of our attitude and heart. It's a choice. We can choice to sulk because we don't get something or we can choose to give to others. and I have a feeling that the latter is probably a whole lot nicer!!
I'm saying all of this to myself as well as to others. God is Amazing and His love is greater than any love that we could ever experience on Earth. And he has been showing me a little bit of that and I can't wait for the day when I can experience all of his love all the time. So don't forget to celebrate "God's Love Day" !!!
(inspiration and awareness for these thoughts and revelations were provided by an article in the Feb. issue of Brio and Beyond. It's an amazing magazine, I highly recomend it!!)
Listening: WOW 2000 Disc 1