Oct. 2
"My Senior year is when my dad and I started a real solid relationship. God has really done some amazaing things through it and has taught me a lot." Me
"It's really interesting because you started having a relationship with your Dad when you were a Senior and that's when my Dad died." Friend
"....I give you permission to be angry with God." Me
"It's ninety degrees on Oct. 3, you know what that means, the world is ending. Which I'm okay with. If Jesus came back today I would welcome him with open arms." Me
Silence
"I was scared to die yesterday....it may sound weird but..." Friend
"No, it doesn't sound weird we have talked about this before, remember?" Me
"Yea, I was just sitting there and thinking about it and I felt the fear...." Friend
"Meanwhile where is God? this is one of the most disquieting symptoms. When you are happy, so happy that you have no sense in needing Him, so happy that you are tempted to feel His claims upon you as an interruption, if you remember yourself and turn to Him with gratitude and praise, you will be-or so it feels- welcomed with open arms. But go to him when your need is desparate, when all other help is in vain, and what do you find? A door slammed in your face, and a sound of bolting and double bolting on the inside. After that silence." A Greif Observed
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