Helen Reddy: "You and Me Against the World"

Believe it or not, Paul Williams wrote this song as well as many other hits. He did record the songs he wrote but he never broke out with a hit. Listen to Helen's excellent rendition of this ballad here.

The closest analogy God could use to describe his nature to us is as a loving father. It's why Psalms 68:5 (Bible in Basic English) calls him, "A father to those who have no father, a judge of the widows, is God in his holy place."

And like a tender parent, God understands our weakness and helplessness. Psalm 103:13 and 14 (BBE) says, "As a father has pity on his children, so the Lord has pity on his worshippers. For he has knowledge of our feeble frame; he sees that we are only dust."

But tenderness doesn't mean laxity when it comes to discipline. Proverbs 3:11 and 12 (BBE) reminds us of that. "My son, do not make your heart hard against the Lord's teaching; do not be made angry by his training: For to those who are dear to him the Lord says sharp words, and makes the son in whom he has delight undergo pain."

We also can trust that whatever happens to us is for God's glory and our benefit. As Jesus said in Luke 11:11-13 (BBE) about his lavish care, "And which of you, being a father, will give a stone to his son, who makes request for bread? or for a fish, will give him a snake? Or for an egg, will give him a scorpion? If, then, you who are evil are able to give good things to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who make request to him?"

Though our heavenly Father seems distant at times from us, he still is there to help us through whatever we face. As Paul noted in 1 Corinthians 10:13 (BBE), "You have been put to no test but such as is common to man: and God is true, who will not let any test come on you which you are not able to undergo; but he will make with the test a way out of it, so that you may be able to go through it."

If Christ hasn't come by Monday, I expect I'll post about how pollution causes a slow death.