God

"First God. God is the subject of life. God is foundational for living. If we don't have a sense of the primacy of God, we will never get it right, get life right, get our lives right. Not God at the margins; not God as an option; not God on the weekends. God at center and circumference; God first and last; God, God, God." -The Message

But we don't think He's worth our time. We have more important things to pay attention to, humans we'd rather associate with. God's just not good enough, not loving enough, not open-minded enough, we deserve so much more than He could ever offer. Like that cute jerk in class who's bound to break our heart. Hey, we'll just tape our heart back together and give it to the next jerk who rolls around, hoping he's a little less of a jerk than the other one so maybe he won't break our heart. Or the praise of those critics who don't care. Or that alcohol that solves everything -- for a few sickening hours we can forget everything and act like idiots, hey we don't remember it anyway. Or those one-night-stands that give us that passionate feeling, and then it's over and we're empty and alone and unsatisfied.

What we want is a Genie, not a God, because a Genie does everything we tell it to, makes our lives what we want them to be and keeps bad things from staying in our lives, God does not. All He offers is a better life, love, worth -- that He more than repays what you give Him, a companion, and the ability to make it through those hard times better off than you would have been without Him or if you had simply gone around them -- it's just not good enough. It's not worth our time, money, or affection...

So. Why don't we think He's worth it?