LETTERS FROM GOD

    On the first Sunday of Advent the reading from Isaiah described the various
    emotions and stages we go through in dealing with grief. I was looking for a
    tool to help express these stages and help the listeners, especially our
    children, identify the various stages and see which one was the proper
    attitude.

    I decided to write a series of letters to God which described each of the
    emotions and stages. It was fun and it very effective with the young people. I
    was surprised at how easily the young people were able to decide which
    emotions were good and which were not. I decided to write a series of such
    letters to God and to include God's response.

    This letter to God was one of the suggested letters that was rejected by the
    children. I did not include a name on the original letters.



    Dear God

    Please do not be  upset  with  me.  I  have  caused  you  so  many problems. I
    can’t seem to do anything right. Even my good deeds are polluted by my
    greed and lust. I do deserve your punishment.Nothing will be right until you
    punish me!
                                                       Guilty  

    Dear Guilty,

    Somewhere along  the  line  you  seem  to have missed the point. There is  
    nothing  you  can  ever  do  which  will cause me to stop loving you or make
    me want to punish you.

    You seem willing enough to believe that I can and do forgive your sins but
    that is as far as you seem to want  to  go. For  every sin you would like me to
    punish you.   Even when you do not sin and something bad happens  you ask
    what have I done wrong so that I am punishing you? Even then you carry
    around a huge amount of guilt.    That guilt is the one thing that most stands in
    the way of us having  a good relationship.

    If I had  to  worry  about  proper  punishment  for  every sin   ever committed,   
    I  would   have  no  time  to  love  anyone.    Can  you  imagine what that
    would do to me?    It  is much  easier for me if I  simply forget everything the
    sin, the punishment, the guilt. Please try  to  understand  that.     I   know  
    your  legal  system  demands punishment and retribution but that’s your  
    system not   mine!    I simply want you to know I love you whatever you do or
    fail to do.
                                               GOD

    Below is the cover. It lists the various emotions God addresses.

                       Dear
                       Dreary       Struggling       Angry
                       Confused  Anxious           Hopeful
                       Caught       Lonely             Don’t Know
                       Worried      Miserable       Guilty
                       Wrong         Hurting           Little Bit
                       Hanging      No Progress  Not At Peace
                       Unsure        Exhausted     Anyone

                       I LOVE YOU ALWAYS!
                                     GOD


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