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Letter to God
Dear God,
I hope you won’t mind my honesty when I
express some of the things that are going through my tormented mind. Of
course, like anyone else would ask, in a situation like this, it’s the big
‘WHY?’ All I can say with sincerity at this moment is please Lord, help
us all, especially my son Joe through this awful hurting. I hurt for
him, as we all do. To be honest, I hurt for me too, since Joey was my
Grandson – my name’s sake. He was Joe the 4th.
I know from your
Word that there is a purpose for everything, as Scripture says, “There is a
time to laugh, there is a time to cry, there is a time to be born and a time
to die”. Well, this is certainly one of those times to cry. I know
in my heart that in the end, and in your infinite knowledge, this will have
had a purpose for possibly us, or maybe someone we don’t even know. You
see the overall picture, while all we can see is the immediate ‘spot’ from
where we stand. It hurts!
So my prayer at this moment is
to ask you to please help us through this, as you always have in the past with
other sad occurrences, and help us to find the ‘joy in the Lord’ that we need,
more than food itself to survive. That’s my prayer.
The Picture:
I don’t know if it’s my imagination or You that have painted this picture in
my mind, and since I’m a lousy artist, all I can do is try to describe what I
see:
On a semi vignetted background of clouds I see a huge, majestic,
high back chair, and seated on this chair is Jesus. On Jesus’ lap sits a
very contented, side-view of Joey who is busily working with what looks like
my iPad! He doesn’t seem to be concerned about anyone or anything, and the
extremely happy expression on his face is so comforting it defies description!
I wish I could paint it. He is so happy and in the height of
contentment!
Maybe it’s my inner thoughts being transformed into this
picture, or maybe You’ve caused it Lord, but in any event, I thank You so much
for that peaceful ‘glimpse’ of heaven! One day we’ll be together again…
(then, maybe I’ll remind him he’s supposed to ask for permission before using
my iPad!)
Please Lord, soften the hurt.
Sincerely,
One of
Your children,
Joe (Joey’s Grandpa)
June 2, 2014
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