A THOUGHT ABOUT THAT "BRAT"

There's something Biblical about that spoiled brat --
Hear me out... A while back I watched the film "Fools Gold", and there is a character in this film who is a spoiled brat. My first reaction was exactly that, "What a spoiled brat!" A character who gets whatever she wants and is forced to spend some quality time with dear old daddy. He's got money alright, and loves to bless his daughter, but she takis it all for granted. At one point she says, "I don't want your money! Except for food... and clothes... and rent... and..."

It's like God's relationship with Israel in Jeremiah 2-4. Israel is a whore, always returning and returning again. God wants to bless his peole, but they take it for granted and search for more. Those spoiled brats...

God longs for His children to return to him! He's got a plan, in fact he had a plan far before you and me. What amazing grace to see beauty in my whorish acts!

Those are characteristics we love to hate too, eh? The whore? Funny, because from the throne room, God's got nothing but love for those characters.