Why Ask Me? Or Stop Bugging Me

Just like we’re waiting for God’s answer to the questions or requests we have. And while we’re waiting, we wonder about how deserving we are. After all, we haven’t kept our credit, I mean, ‘goodness’ balance at a consistently healthy level. I don’t suppose God will miss that point or choose to overlook it when he/she considers my application, I mean question/request, which is probably why he/she isn’t giving me a quick answer. Not even a pre-loan approval! What will I have to do to get God’s answer?

I’m beginning to notice something here. It’s the child who’s taken over me. The child who needs approval. The child who is afraid to proceed unless she knows that mummy or daddy is right by her. Crikey! I’ve become that blithering child! And daddy/mummy God is holding out his/her decision until…what???

Finally I hear God speak. This time he/she’s loud and clear:

Grow up! Be an adult for goodness sake! And that means, first and foremost, being honest. Yes, I know, most adults aren’t, at least not always. But that doesn’t change my definition of an adult and part of that definition is ‘one who is honest’.

Be honest with yourself. How the hell do you expect to be honest with me without being honest with yourself??? What is it you really want? Not what you think daddy/mummy God expects from you. I quit that role ages ago. And yes, I do mean ‘ages’.

What do you want? And for goodness sake, use your imagination. Why on earth do you think I gave it to you if not to use to it to explore life’s infinite possibilities??? So have a good wander around that field. Really spend some time there. And have a blast!

And for pete’s sake, don’t limit your thinking to a false set of choices. It does not have to be ‘this’ or ‘that’. It could jolly well be ‘this’ and ‘that’ and a bit of the other…Get what I mean? I know what you’re going to say:

“But…but…that combination doesn’t exist!!!”

Well, bloody well create it then! Isn’t that how you have been made? In my image? As a creator??? Just like me???

So stop stuffing around and get on with it! You don’t need my blessings! What will you do with them??? Show them off??? And you certainly don’t need my approval. Can’t you see the backlog of requests that I already have is killing me???

As for wanting my approval so that you will have someone to blame should things go ‘wrong’….

“Well I consulted God and it was his plan for me…”

Ohhhh nooooooooo! You’re not going to lay that one on me. Not any more. Listen, in case you were not given this at school, note it down now and keep it with you at all times. It’s my definition of an adult:

Adult: Someone who

• Is able and willing to make decisions honestly, lovingly and freely without having to consult God
• Is willing to deal with the consequences of all such decisions
• Has faith in him/herself and uses that rather than some puerile notion of God to back them up

That’s it. Now git.

Okay  I get it. And to tell the truth, it’s a bloody relief! Thank you God!

You’re welcome. Sheezeeeee…the things you have to do in the name of God…