Living in a world of unrealised dreams

I meet so many people who could have been something better. They had dreams and aspirations and all of them have turned to dust as they have failed to pass exams and have seen that lucky break vanish in a cloud of 'if only' reasoning.

All too often the person to blame is that most obvious of all people, 'someone else', and topping the list of those who should bear the brunt of the complaints is, I'm sure you've guessed it, God.

God must be the most consistently miserable person the world has ever known. He's also the meanest as he is the source of all ills and turns 'a bit of fun' into something tragic. Got a disaster in the world? Tragedy struck? What's that Skippy, someone's fallen down a well? When something bad has happened and it's all gone wrong - who you gonna blame?

GOD (of course)!!!!

Now I don't know about the way you think but I have come to the conclusion that being God, even though it sounds like a great job, is probably the worst job ever created (and since God created everything I guess that means He's only got himself to blame then!). But wait a minute, let's stop and look at this for a moment and see whether where the finger is really pointed . . . .

Now so many people who tell me that 'my God' has treated them most unfairly and left them in a sad and sorry state rarely tell me the whole story. They live the life they have chosen to live and dance to their own tune. They do what brings them pleasure and they act as if they are the most important person in their world. You can see this is true because they cheat, steal, lie and ignore others to live the way the want to live and have the things they want in their lives. They neither claim to be Christian and will publicly tell anyone who will listen that they are not 'religious'. They dance to their own tune and are proud of the fact that they, like Sinatra's great song, are all about doing it 'My Way!'.

But then the sticky stuff hits the oscillating device and suddenly the same person they have actively fought to keep their lives away from, and wanted to keep away from their lives in equal measure, suddenly gets prayed too, blamed at and generally accused of being Mr. Nasty. Up goes the cry, "Where is God,why doesn't Help us? Why is He doing this to us?"

Well of course He didn't do whatever it is and ironically He will still help, all that needs is for them to stop and engage with Him (engage - not demand, rebuke or generally use the situation to increase the distance). No matter what, God is a god of multiple chances and new opportunities and beginnings - the problem is that we usually fail to take them.

So here's a starter for ten - think we will have to carry on with this thinking some time very soon