Dear God
Letters to the Lord
10-16-22
Dear God:
How are You today?
I bet very few people ever ask how You are feeling. I know I never do. I guess we just figure that if You exist, You are always in perfect shape. You are always happy, in control and don't need our concern. The opposite of us humans.
But how are You today Lord?
From the state of Your world today, it looks like You're sad, and maybe a little exasperated. I wouldn't blame You if You felt that way. There's nothing us humans do that could ever make anybody happy. Quite the opposite really.
I guess I got to thinking about all this because of how we treat You God. How I treat You. First, most of my life I have gone through it pretending You don't exist. I immersed myself in the mundane things of life, worrying more about people and what they thought of me. Worrying more about the perfect job. Worrying about the perfect relationship. Not once did I give a thought to You, other than to scream at You when things didn't go my way, and then promptly ignore You after my temper tantrum was through.
Until that day when I was immersed yet again in my self-pity You asked me "do you BELIEVE?" I was stunned and thought "do I?" You answered me "I was always here for you." From that point forward, I truly believed.
But do I act like I do? No. I'm still afraid to talk to people about You without feeling like I'll be ridiculed (and I usually am ridiculed). I wear my crucifix under my shirt in public for fear of offending someone. I don't invite people to come to Church with me because it would be off-putting to them. I do all my believing in private, where it is safe. I can be totally secular in public, not offend anybody and fit in. I can live my old life, but pretend I don't.
Wrong. I know it's wrong. Jesus says "I tell you, everyone who acknowledges me before others the Son of Man will acknowledge before the angels of God. But whoever denies me before others will be denied before the angels of God." I still deny you before other people, by not acknowledging that you exist for fear of not being "inclusive."
It's time to bring my believing public. You do exist Lord. You did create all of us. Your son did die for us. You have always been here for us. You want us to spread Your Word far and wide, consequences be damned.
It's time for the crucifix to shine during the day, out in public. I don't care if people in public, and especially in the workplace are offended. I don't care if people think "I'm strange" when I talk about God and Jesus (Holy Roller who believes in the Sky Fairy!) I will invite people to my Church and be rejected as usual. But so what? What's one more rejection in my life?
Oh, who am I kidding? All of the above sounds great, but will I do it? Only with Your help God. Give me strength Lord to withstand human ridicule and isolation for this Holy Roller. Let me know how You are doing and what we can do to help You.
So how are You today Lord? I do really want to know, as your friend who will always be here for You as You are for me.
Sincerely,
Napoleon
God actually told me today he's upset. He wants no more lies, from any of us.
The world is full of lies and it is destroying us. He also said its not misspeaking, misinformation, disinformation or "the narrative", it's lies and liars. It's in His Commandments and if we don't follow the Commandment of "thou shall not lie" the truth we are all looking for will never come.
Just ask God yourself how He is doing. He will respond. I guarantee you.
You made a good and thoughtful point. We are God's children but let's grow up and do something good for others and be an example of how God would want us to behave.