Good Monsters

God sat me down today and told me everything was going to be OK.
I said, "But God, you have no idea what I'm up against."
He smiled, "Oh, I think I have an inkling."
I shook my head and showed him my bank account, my debt and my empty wallet.
He said, "I give you your food in proper time, I open my hand and satisfy the desires of every living thing. I am showing you how to trust me."
I gave him a look of forbearing, "Oh really? For your information, being unemployed is an incredibly humiliating experience."
"Yes, but I uphold all those who fall." He touched my chin and raised my eyes to meet His, "and I lift up all who are bowed down. I have not abandoned you in this."
I stood up, jerking away from His grasp. "Really? Because I just don't see you in this. What's the point of it all?"
He looked at me gently and reached out His hand. "I love you. Would you even be talking to me if everything was going perfectly? I am near all who call out to me and I will fulfill your desires. I hear you and I will save you. In fact, I already have."
"I'm sorry." I wrap my fist around his thumb, "I'm just not very good at this whole love thing, and how can I trust someone who I don't know how to love?"
"I'm quite good at the whole love thing, myself." His eyes twinkle, "Let me show you how."

Psalm 145: 13-21