Interview with God (A Conversation)
Yesterday night, I dreamed I had an INTERVIEW WITH GOD.
"So, you would like to interview me?" GOD asked.
"If you have time," I said.
GOD smile. "My time is eternity... what questions do you have in mind for me?"
"What surprises you the most about humankind?" I asked.
GOD answered...
"That they get bored with childhood, that 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 would 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?"
GOD replied,
"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 do not yet know 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?" I asked at last.
GOD smiled, and said... "Just, I want you children of mine to know me and understand me." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thus saith the Lord, Let not the wise man pride in his wisdom, neither let the strong man pride in his stronger, let not the rich man glory in his riches: but let him that get pride in this, that he understands and know me, that I am the Lord which exercise loving kindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the Lord.
यहोवा यों कहता है, बुद्धिमान अपनी बुद्धि पर घमण्ड न करे, न वीर अपनी वीरता पर, न धनी अपने धन पर घमण्ड करे; परन्तु जो घमण्ड करे वह इसी बात पर घमण्ड करे, कि वह मुझे जानता और समझता हे, कि मैं ही वह यहोवा हूँ, जो पृथ्वी पर करुणा, न्याय और धर्म के काम करता है; क्योंकि मैं इन्हीं बातों से प्रसन्न रहता हूँ।
(Jeremiah 9:23-24)
