Hard To Believe

Many years ago, there was an anti-littering commercial that featured a Native American Indian with a tear running down his face standing in the midst of garbage that was thrown on the side of the road. I wonder if God feels the same emotions as the Native American depicted in the commercial when He looks at us.

He created us with the capacity to love and be loved, yet so many of us are doing without love. He declared that it is not good for us to be alone, but too many of us settle for doing bad all by ourselves. Instead of embracing each other as He desires for us; we would rather find reasons to go our separate ways.

We do not have to look far to see the emotional devastation that has seemingly overrun our Garden of Eden. People who long to be loved are spending too many nights crying themselves to sleep alone. Parents are spending unbelievably amounts of time separated from their children. Children are longing to have a missing parent take them to the softball game or to the ice cream parlor. Husbands and wives are choosing to break up that which God supposedly put together. All of these things result in a river of tears flowing from the eyes of God!!

I find it hard to believe that the way things are now is the way God intended for them to be. So, who got it wrong, us or God?

My prayer for all Christian singles is they will run toward love instead of away from it. I pray they will stop clinging to their fears as a way of trying to steer clear of being hurt. I hope they will take calculated risks to find Godly love in the form of romantic and platonic relationships. I ask God to help us all get off our high horses and re-learn the art of truly loving one another.

Why do I pray for these things? Because I find it hard to believe that God would have it any other way.