Dear child, I know you want peace. I know that this upheaval that you face has made your world spin and stressed you far beyond comfort and reason. You have turned to me to seek guidance, peace and hope in the midst of this chaos. I hear your prayers and my heart is tinder to […]
Dear Servant; I remember when you were about 10 years old. You begged and begged me for a watch that would play a simple video game. You wanted it so badly, and as only a child can, you asked for it over and over again. You thought if you asked enough times I would give […]
Father, I cannot help but remember last New Year’s day. I was content with life and looked forward to a new year. I had plans and visions for what the year would bring; reunions and travel, graduations and celebrations and a good year without too many surprises. Everything seemed in hand. I look back and see […]
My child, Yes, I do know the actual date on your calendar when my son was born. No, it is not December 25th, the day commonly celebrated. No, I am not the least offended that this day was chosen to celebrate the birth of my son. Any pagan origins related to the choice of this date are not […]
Dear Servant, In the wanderings of the children of Israel, they reached a point where the food they had brought with them from Egypt had run out. They began to be hungry and they grumbled and complained. “Why did we not die in Egypt where we had food to eat, rather than starve in this […]
My child, You do not know what you pray for. The stress and pressure that blessing you want would put upon you and our relationship would be extraordinary, even overwhelming. Confused? Blessings are tests and trials wrapped in beautiful paper. You immediately accept them, but you do not know what is inside. You understand tests […]
My child, I am with you. I am with you while you sleep and when you get up. While you prepare yourself for the day, eat the morning meal and read the day’s news, I am still here. I am with you in the mundane times like the school car line, the terrifying times such as […]
My son, You live in a temporary world where nothing is permanent. Yes, from your finite place in time, things can seem permanent, but governments will fall and lives will be lost. Policies will change. Some will retire and move on, new ones will take their place. Rot and decay will take the most treasured […]
Dear Servant, If you set out to be holy on your own terms you are destined to fail. Do you remember all the stories of the Bible of the Pharisees? They were intent on the law, keeping themselves “holy”. They worked tirelessly on lists of laws to clarify my law and to make it fit […]
Dear Servant, Do you know what will happen to you tomorrow? When illness will come upon you next? Which loved one will soon pass from your life? What will cause your next heartbreak? Life is so uncertain. You are not all knowing, all seeing, present everywhere in all time and space. You do not have […]