A NEW PERSPECTIVE

"Come in," God said. "So, you would like to interview Me?"
"If you have the time," I said. God smiled and said,
"My time is eternity and is enough to do everything.
What questions do you have in mind to ask me?"

"What surprises You most about mankind?"

• God answered, "That they get bored of being children,
  are in a 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 neither for the present nor the future;

• That they live as if they will never die,
  and they die as if they had never lived..."

 

God's hands took mine and we were silent for while, and then I asked...

"As a parent, what are some of life's lessons you want your children to learn?"

   God replied with a smile,

• "To learn that they cannot make anyone love them.
  What they can do is to let themselves be loved.

• To learn that what is most valuable is not what they have in their lives,
  but who they have in their lives.

• To learn that it is not good to compare themselves to others.
  All will be judged individually on their own merits,
  not as a group on a comparison basis!

• To learn that a rich person is not the one who has the most,
  but is one who needs the least.

• To learn that it only takes a few seconds
  to open profound wounds in persons we love,
  and that it takes many years to heal them.

• To learn to forgive by practicing forgiveness.

• To learn that there are persons that love them dearly,
  but simply do not know how to express or show their feelings.

• To learn that money can buy everything but happiness.

• To learn that two people can look at the same thing
  and see it totally different.

• To learn that a true friend is someone who
  knows everything about them...and likes them anyway.

• To learn that it is not always enough
  that they be forgiven by others,
  but that they have to forgive themselves."

I sat there for awhile enjoying the moment.
I thanked Him for His time and for all that He has done for my family and me.

And He replied, "Anytime. I'm here 24 hours a day.
All you have to do is ask for me, and I'll answer."

People will forget what you said; people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.

--Author unknown.

Source: Gospel Communications International, Inc., (http://www.gospelcom.net/gci/)
(Posted 16 January 2001)

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