I’ll keep this one

I’ll keep this one

All that the father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never drive away. John 6:37 NIV

Sometimes I wonder how many more of my shenanigans God will endure. I seem to always be up to something. If it isn’t teasing and joking with friends, it is a phone prank or something worse.

I remember perfecting a voice impersonation of my grandmother. I did a test run on my brother Curtis. When I called, I was so convincing that all of my nieces and nephews took turns getting on the phone to say hello to grandma. When Curtis finally got to the phone it was all I could do to keep from laughing. We exchanged a few words and finally Curt asked, “Grandma, you sound like you have a cold?” I couldn’t hold the laughter in anymore. Curtis told me to never call his house again.

But then there are other things I have gotten myself into that weren’t so humorous. Decades ago I vandalized a car to “pay back” some people for causing my father some trouble. They paid me back by burning down my parent’s garage. By now you think that God may have finally tired of me. By now you would think that after a burned out garage, a torched car in that same fire and not being able to call my brother would be enough to calm me down…

Here’s the thing… we are all still under construction. Or as people in an old church I attended used to say, “God is not through with me yet.” As long as you want to stay with God, He won’t be getting rid of you any time soon. As long as you want to stay, even if you can’t call your brother or your car is a charred crisp, He will never push you away.