OBVIOUSLY...GOD

I love my family! We are extraordinarily real, and real extraordinary. We fuss and cry. We are joyful and laugh. We are forgiving and usually forgetting. And often we forget those things we should not forget. We are real people, imperfect. We are what I call perfectly imperfect. We will win no prizes, yet each of us is a prize to the rest of us.

Not all of us have come to the point of choosing to follow Jesus Christ. This is not a tragedy. It is just a normal family situation, which proves our being real. Each of us is acceptable just as we are to the all. But that doesn't mean we are sat-is-fied! Sometimes we just want to say...."Can't you see the obvious? God is on our side; He's our leader!" (I found this scripture in 2 Chronicles 13:12 and couldn't stop myself. I ran to write this.)

Look at the sunsets! Created by God. The flowers growing on a hillside!...Again, God. The birth of a baby, and its conception! God.

I know, I know. Wars! Death! Sickness! Drugs! Evil! Hypocrisy! Jealousy! Etcetera, etcetera...Some would say if there is a God, why are these things in our world? Well, I don't have any answers, and I haven't heard all of the questions. But, I have....Well, I have a knower. Yes, a knower. And I know it in my knower that God is obvious to any one looking for God. So, if they haven't found Him, well, they just must not have looked with an open heart.

To get back to the scripture in 2 Chronicles 13:12...Abijah was king of Judah which had split with Israel. Israel's king was a guy called Jeroboam who didn't believe in God, so he had set up a bunch of "worship" places and had frauds appearing as holy men to lead the people. Now, it's more than likely, that Abijah felt really bad to see Israel separated from Judah,the kingdom under Davidic rule, one who worshiped the true God. And feeling sad for the kingdom not being as it had been intended, he had no choice but to go to war with Israel. Abijah appealed to God and God helped him to win over Jeroboam, but Jeroboam did not turn to God. However, there was peace in Abijah's Judah for a while.

It makes me sad, too, and even disappointed when my loved ones don't appreciate God and turn to Him in praise and thanksgiving. Like many families in the world, we pray and hope and hope and pray. We must not give up hope and must keep our faith that God will intervene, but face it, we may never live to see that reconciliation with God. Let's hope we never have a family "war", but live in peace and love, if only to show we know the way Christ wants us to live, even although we may often want to say, "Can't you see the obvious? God is on our side. He is our obvious leader."

And our hope, and our all. Anyway, here's to families everywhere..perfectly imperfect!

Imperfectly and Obviously, I remain....Jo