And no condemnation or punishment, ever.
None, except that which you inflict upon yourself.
Still, the idea that You know everything I’ve ever said or done...
... you forgot everything you’ve ever thought.
Okay, everything I’ve ever thought, said or done... is not comfortable for me.
I wish it were.
I know You do.
That’s what this book is about—how to have a friendship with God.
I know. And I do think I now have a friendship with You. I’ve felt that way for a long time now.
It’s just that..
What? It’s just that—what?
It’s just that once in a while I revert to old patterns, and I sometimes have a hard time thinking
of You that way. I still keep thinking of You as God.
Good, because I am God.
I know. That’s the whole point. Sometimes I can’t seem to think of You as “God” and “Friend”
in the same breath. I can’t seem to put those words in the same sentence.
That’s very sad, because they belong in the same sentence.
I know, I know. You keep telling me.
What would it take for you to have a real friendship with Me, and not just some kind of
artificial one?