The Attitude of God's Grace

"Why'd You Give Me This Rickety Ole Frame in the First Place?"
(by Karon Phillips Goodman)

"For He knows our frame; He remembers that we are dust."

Psalm 103:14 NKJV

"Pardon the interruption, Lord, but I have a question. Being omnipotent and all powerful as You are, able to make impenetrable mountains and raging seas, can You please explain why You made me so weak and faulty?

 I try so hard to be good, and yet I make so many mistakes and fail for all the world to see. And the inside is even a bigger mess than the outside. I am as weak as dust scattered in the wind, as needy as a new-born. Any Chance for a recall?"

"You want to question My design?"

"Uh, that's not what I meant....."

"You are exactly the way I made you to be. The earth and the sea have no need for Me. I breathed them strong and self-sufficient. Yes, you are fragile in comparison, but you have something they don't. You have a need for My soul. It's a need that you fight now and then; yet it is one that you cannot avoid. Yes, you are as weak as dust, but I made you that way so that you would need Me. My soul lives because of your need."

"But look at this dust all around me. I can't clean it up...."

"I know. Do I look worried? I have the only broom you'll ever need."

"Are You sure" I'm a big mess."

"I have a big broom."