Totally Inconvenient!

My 'me' time is comprised of listening to books on tape during my commute to and from work. (I know this is rather pathetic, but with 3 kids age 5 and under - you take what you can get!) Currently, I am listening to One Fifth Avenue, by Candace Bushnell. Bushnell is also the author of Sex and the City, of which you might be more familiar. One Fifth Avenue is a story about a historic building in the midst of NYC, and the sordid details of the residents. This morning, I heard a bit that made me pull over and rewind - then rewind and play over and over again while I furiously tried to write it down. This conversation is between Annalisa Rice, a newly rich socialite in training and her famous stylist, Noreen. Here is a snippet of the dialogue:
Noreen, "You're rich. You can do anything you want. There's no boogey man around the corner who's going to punish you!"
"I thought God punished us." Annalisa said under her breath
"God?" Noreen said, "I've never heard of such a thing! Spirituality is only for show! Astrology - yes. Tarot cards - yes. Wuiji boards, scientology, Kendallah, even 'born agains' - yes. But a real God - that would be inconvenient!"

When I heard this my mouth fell open - I don't know if the author was going for shock value with this statement, but she got it from me! But as I have continued to mull this little exchange over, I have to say that I agree with the statement. God isn't terribly convenient. Loving God, and living for God can be even less convenient - down right messy at times. But, it probably wasn't terribly convenient for God to create me - or watch his only son die to save me - or to have to watch me fall short of his plan every day. How lucky we are that God is willing to overlook the inconveniences of humanity!