i have
two kids. they are both in their 30’s
now and they have kids of their own but at one time they both had to learn to
walk. this was the process: they’d take a step, they’d stumble. they get up, they take two steps, they
stumble. they get up and fall back down
without taking a step. they get up, they
fall backwards. they get up and make a couple steps and fall again. what was my reaction, as a father, to
that? did i scold them?
“what
are you doing stumbling? you’re a
williams. williams's don’t stumble! we have dignity. we don’t stumble. get up.
you can do better than that.”
“what
are you doing stumbling? you’re a
williams. williams's don’t stumble! we have dignity. we don’t stumble. get up.
you can do better than that.”
of
course not! how silly! but a lot of you think that’s how GOD treats
you. you think that every time you
stumble, GOD says, “get up! what are you
doing, you dummy!
do you
parents love your children at every stage of their development or are you just
waiting until they’re mature to love them?
GOD
loves you at every stage of your development so you don’t have to have
unresolved guilt and unrealistic expectations. there is nothing that you will
ever do that will make GOD love you more than HE does right now. there is nothing that you will ever do that
will make GOD love you less than HE does right now. HIS love is unconditional. it’s not based on what you do or don’t do.
just a
thought from the front porch…
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