Hello, God. It's me, Mara.

You know, Lord, recently, we ran across some interesting truths. When a friend stated that You, Lord, are like an eyelid, we were like, "What? What are you talking about?"

Amazingly, we discovered some interesting and surprising pictures in the Bible, things like You, Lord God, as a laboring mother (ISA 42:14) or as a beekeeper (7:18); now that surely was all news to those of us listening!

We read in Deuteronomy 32(1) where Moses praises the way You took care of Your people, and in verse 10 how You shielded and protected Your people, guarding them "as the apple of His eye."

From one old...