FINE, THANK YOU

We ask when the rain started beating us.

Today in a Eureka moment of reflection I got a probable answer: the day that we learnt that the answer to every how are you is: fine thank you. We learnt to lie about the truth that deep inside we are not well, we are hurting. We thought it weakness to admit we are not well.When we became such great masters at hiding the truth. We were taught to hold everything together Never to fall apart. To only weep in our blankets; if we must.

When it came a time to pray we learnt to clean up. We go to God and lie about how well we are doing and how we desire him more than anything else.

Has someone ever lied to you when you know the truth? How did it feel? Bad? Today I got the impression that God feels the same when we go to Him and act as though everything is okay yet He knows that we are breaking on the inside. I think God appreciates when we are honest with Him. Honesty is an indicator of genuineness in any relationship. When we can speak to Him and admit,I am hurting Lord, please help me

I have been reading the Book of Psalms and I love how David would relate with God. Look at how he tells God his soul is downcast. When he feels forsaken, he says God why have you forsaken me. When faced by battles, he asks God to protect him. When in victory he says Lord you have been my protector.

This is the kind of relationship I desire to have with God. I don't mean that we go complaining this and that to God. What I ask is :a desire to quit the fine thank you; with one another and with God.