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

Hi Brian,

I have this on a slide presentation and LOVE it!!  Thanks for sharing it with everyone here.  If I can find the presentation, I will put it on a host and post the link.

This is a great converstaion piece too!

Thanks

Hi Brian,

I've read this before and love it.  Thanks for posting it to remind us of what we're doing here, and what we need to do.

God Bless you,

Jen

Thank you Brian.

I think that this is a great piece of writing and the sentiments are so well balanced.

So many Christian poems, stories and music are a genuine attempt to convey care and love and spirituality but wind up being childish, sloppy, oversentimental and sometimes downright manipulative. The music too is often so dated and of poor quality.

What makes writing this stand out is that you can make this into any of the above styles and it stands inspection and does not detract from the basic sim[ple and profound words.

I can't wait for my interview with God and just hope that my interview is just as revealing.

Roger

Hi Brian,

Oh You just got to love visuals, thanks for another good post my friend!