© 2011 Marc Benoit
© 2011 French-speaking Association of Readers of the Urantia Book
I dreamed that I had an interview with God.
“So, would you like to have an interview?” God asks.
I replied: “If you have time?
God smiles.
“My time is eternal; what questions do you have for me?
“What surprises you most about human beings?
And God answered.
“It is because the human race is worried about the future.
He has forgotten the present so that he lives neither in the present nor in the future.
It is that they live as if they will never die, and they die as if they had never lived.
It’s because they are bored in their childhood, they can’t wait to grow up and when they are grown up, they want to become young again.
“It’s because they lose their health wanting to earn money, then lose their money wanting to regain their health.”
God’s hand took mine and for a moment we were silent, then I asked Him.
“As parents, what life lessons would you teach our children?
God responded with a smile.
“Teach them that they can’t force anyone to love them, but what they can do is have love for each other.
Teach them that the most important thing is not what they have in their life but who they have in their life.
Teach them that it is not good to compare their lives with those of others.
Teach them that it only takes a few seconds to cause a deep wound to those we love, and that it only takes several years for them to heal.
Teach them to forgive by practicing forgiveness.
Teach them that there are people who love them, but they just don’t know how to show their feelings.
Teach them that money can buy everything…but not happiness!!!
Teach them that two people can have the same idea and yet see it differently.
Teach them that it is not always enough to be forgiven by others, but that they must also forgive others themselves.
And also teach them that I am here…Always. »
Marc Benoit