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I DREAMED I HAD AN INTERVIEW WITH GOD |
“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 to restore their health. That by thinking
anxiously about the future, they forget the present, such that they live
neither for the present nor for the future. That they live as if they
will never die and they die as if they had never lived…”
God’s hand’s took mine and we were silent for a while. 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 let themselves be loved. To learn
that it takes years to build trust and a few seconds to destroy it. 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 they have to forgive
themselves.
I sat there for a while enjoying the moment. I thanked Him for
His time and for all that He had done for me and my family, and He
replied: “Anytime. I’m here 24 hours a day. All you have to do is
ask for Me and I’ll answer.”
Helen Greenleaf
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