There Was Once A Girl Who Was An Idiot

There once was a girl who was an idiot.

And she raised 4 incredible kids and was married to the greatest man living.

And they tolerated her idiotness because:

1.  They had to.  And

2.  She kept feeding them to keep them quiet.

And some days this girl could be nice enough and might even smile at them, but a lot of days she just looked all stern and cold and kept barking out orders.

And she showed her true idiot self by missing all these great opportunties to hug and cuddle and work puzzles and play charades by choosing to paint furniture and clean windows and Facebook. 

And then one day God said to her:

You might want to stop telling all these great stories about your Yahoos on Facebook and instead get off Facebook and start spending time with them.

and He also said:

You might want to stop cleaning the house and instead create a home.

Every day He would say that to the idiot girl.  And that girl, she would sometimes blog about what He said or tell her husband or preach to her Yahoos about how they should do what He said.  And if she was feeling really fancy she might even look up a Bible verse about what He said.

But then one day, still in her idiotness, that same Patient, Loving, Jealous God grabbed her by the nap of her neck and said:

I love you.  Let me show you a better way.

 

 

And He helped that poor pitiful girl see the depths of His love for her.  And that her old way of doing things would never get her what her heart was really looking for.  And that a mother's love can change the course of a child's life.  And that a kind word aptly spoken can soften a husband's heart. 

So that girl laid down herself for some spiritual surgery.  And her Maker started reconstructing her heart.

The surgery.  It is ongoing.  It is often painful and bloody and ugly to watch.

And that girl.  She is still mainly an idiot.  But she is learning to study the One who can change her. 

And together they will live happily ever after.