Dr. Peter J. Weiss

Do you ever wish God would com­mu­ni­cate with you more directly — per­haps a through a burn­ing bush?

Or maybe that He would just appear, sit down on your couch, and talk to you?  I do — all the time.  It seems that I’m con­stantly wish­ing I could dis­cern God’s inten­tions for me more clearly.

Why is this so hard some­times?  God knows.  I don’t.  Today I thought, “Wouldn’t it be eas­ier for God to just send me an e-mail?  That would be nice.  But what would he say, any­way?”

Here’s how I imag­ined it:

From:  God@Creator.God

Sub­ject:  Your issues

To: pete@​drpeterjweiss.​com

CC:  Jesus@Creator.God

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Dear Pete,

Thanks for pray­ing about your prob­lems.  I just wanted to drop you a line and let you know that I get the pic­ture, and I’ve got a plan.  It’s not time for you to know all the details just yet, but rest assured, every­thing will be fine in the end.

In the mean­time, I’d like you to work directly with my Son, Jesus.  Jesus spe­cial­izes in assist­ing peo­ple with trou­bles, large and small.  He’s got years of expe­ri­ence, and I’ve never seen Him fail.

You can trust Jesus as you would me.  I’ve copied Him in, and He’ll be in touch.

Love,

Your Heav­enly Father

From:  Jesus@Creator.God

Sub­ject:  Fol­low up on Dad’s email

To: pete@​drpeterjweiss.​com

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Dear Pete,

I’m fol­low­ing up on my dad’s recent email regard­ing your issues.  He’s brought me up to speed on the details, and I can see why you’re so upset.  That’s some heavy stuff you’ve got going on, but don’t worry; I’ve seen it before and we’ll get through it together.

Here’s what I need you to do:  trust me and keep doing the best that you can.  I know it can be hard to let go of the out­come and admit that you’re not in con­trol, but let’s face it — you’re not.  If you can just relax a lit­tle and focus on the tasks in front of you, I’ll han­dle the rest.

Of course your atti­tude is impor­tant too.  Please try to get over your­self.  You’re very dear to dad and to me, but, really, life isn’t all about you.  Try to be a lit­tle more grate­ful for what you have, and lend a help­ing hand to those around you.  They’ve got prob­lems too — some much worse than yours.  If you can shift your focus to the pos­i­tive, it will help a lot.

Pray­ing and talk­ing it out helps most peo­ple.  So let’s plan on talk­ing every day.  I’ve blocked out plenty of time on my sched­ule for you to unbur­den your­self.  I’ll lis­ten and I’ll show you where I’ve been work­ing on the issues.  We’ll just take it one day at a time, together.  It’s a sim­ple plan, but sim­pler is usu­ally bet­ter — isn’t it?

In clos­ing, let me remind you — don’t worry!  I’ve got your back.  Feel bet­ter.  Get some rest, and I’ll talk with you tomor­row.

Love,

Jesus