Ouch that hurt! Had to do some time on my knees after writing this!!!!
I had one of them discussions
(Put your phone down and listen!)
I had one of them discussions
With God, last week,
You know the one when He wakes you up
At three a.m. on the dot...
Just To make sure He has your full and undivided attention...
Real good..
I should have just listened,
and kept my mouth shut!
Not justify my position,
try to explain...
To ram the point home
He had a videotape,
To make it easier to ram His point home!
“Oh Alan... wake up, listen , I’ve got something you need to hear”
Er , Oh it’s you God
Do you want a word with me?
“How much time do you spend,
going to the gym?”
In the middle of the night,
you ask me that?
I thought you were omnipotent
And already knew ...
But desperate to get back to sleep,
I played along...
Let’s see, ninety minutes three times a week?
If my sums are right
That makes... four and a half hours?
And of that time you spend forty five minutes just on the rowing machine!
If He already knew, why did He ask?
Does He know it’s three fifteen In the morn?
Then, came the body blow
When God pointed out...
That’s thirty minutes more time...
than you spent
In the quiet, one on one with Me
He then went on to show me
Some more uncomfortable facts
How much time I spent watching T.V. Reading a novel?
Doing the crossword,
or just fiddling with my mobile phone?
didn’t manage to finishing totting up... before He said...
“You sit for hours
Fiddling with your phone,
But can’t put time aside for me?”
You’ve been to church three times, last week.
Sunday service , prayer meeting and on Saturday
that special praise service
With refreshments afterwards...
When toting up,
Do you realise ?
You Spent more time drinking coffee
Than you spent, one to one with Me!
He then showed me a video, fast forward...
moment by moment
everything I did last month.
Every thing was there,
Just as I remembered,
Including time...Spent on my knees...
You spent time with your granddaughter...
Now He’s is getting too close to home...
You made tea and when you sat down
She said “come on grandpa, hold hands“
Then she recited this little prayer,
I didn’t understand a word...
Diolch Iesu am ein bwyd. Amen
The language, God said, doesn’t matter
I speak Welsh!
But did you know she has spent
More time thanking Me for her food
Than you did .... well, let’s not go there.
“I’m desperate for you to sit down”
He said,
“I’m desperate for you to hear... “
“On the whole, Well done, You did good,
On the whole I’m well pleased!”
Don’t think your wife is getting away,
Scot free...
I’ll be having words with her
Watch this space!
She may interrupt , finish what your saying,
listen with only one ear...
She may get away with that with you..
But she’ll not get away with that with Me!
Good luck with that,
You must be God
if you’re going to point that one out!
But getting back to what you’re saying
I desperate to get back to sleep,
I’ve work in the morning and got to get up at six!
“I’ve not finished yet
He interrupted...
don’t think you really understand
just how bad it’s got!”
As a father you should be setting an example
let’s just have look at your kids...
How much time do you think they spend... on their Mobile phones?
Ah! not going to fall that one again
I don’t need to do the maths
He’s already worked the figures out,
He’s got all the numbers to hand...
How much time do you think they spend
On Snapchat, face book, Tik Tok,
texting friends?
Did you know They spent more time updating their profiles
Than they did... sat at my feet?
This one sided dissertation went on and on.
I’ll not bother you
with chapter and verse,
But suffice to say
I got the point...
God, He didn’t mince His words!
I can sum it up in just two lines,
“shut up, sit down, put your phone on silent,
LISTEN!...
I’ve got something to say”