Uncertainty In Paradise

You must think it’s much more enjoyable to be an angel than a man. They have the freedom to think so strategically; never getting trapped in the mire of the day to day. They fly around doing their orders, clothed in immortality. The battles in which they are enjoined are not real battles, not like yours. They see the world differently; from the point of view of eternity. They know that I always win so it makes their jobs mere exercises with assured outcomes. Not like you, wondering if what you’re doing is right and if the whole ball of string is going to come unwound. Yeah, you’re thinking that it must be pretty cushy being an angel. 

You Forget

Raising a daughter certainly has changed your relationship with Me, hasn’t it? It puts things in a whole new light. Sometimes the only way you can see things like a Father is to be a father.

Look at your daughter. Because you love her you want her to make good decisions; to avoid those things that will hurt her. You agonize when she is rebellious, ignores your instructions, and otherwise makes poor choices. That’s the agony of impotence; the distress of being powerless to prevent her destructive decisions. Do you think I feel any different when you act the way you do, making wrong decisions and hurting yourself so badly? Has it ever occurred to you that I cry for you, weep for you and feel pain when you destroy yourself knowing that I am powerless to stop you?

Your Husband Provides

As your Husband I married you knowing that your needs were part of the package, and as your Provider I am here to meet them all.

As your Husband and Provider I am ready to hear your every need, expect you to tell Me every need, and to believe in Me to meet that need. It stands to reason that if you are telling Me about the need it is because you think that it interests Me, you think that I can do something about it and that I will do something about it.