blessed2
26th March 2005, 10:21 PM
I read an article recently and although this will be long and many of you
will chuckle at my revelations that is more than likely elementary for most, if you'll bare with me, I'd love to share this with you and have you
add to it.
The Article was : Is It G-ds Fault?
Any time even one innocent person suffers, we are faced with a contradiction: the belief in a just and kind G-d on the one hand, and the suffering of innocents on the other. Most prefer the easy way out of the moral tension caused by this contradiction and settle with one of two simplistic positions: either G-d is not responsible, because He doesn't exist or He is powerless; or the victims were not innocents because they deserved punishment. Jewish thought, however, does not look for easy solutions.
"
1) G-d is responsible. We cannot accept the cowardly theology that G-d is not responsible -- that anything that happens in the world that doesn't mesh with our idea of His goodness is just an amoral and indifferent act of nature.( Or Satan) For who is responsible for nature if not G-d? And what type of a G-d is He if He cannot control nature? (Or everything)"
When I first read it, I pretty much tossed it into my "I'll get back to that one" pile of my mental filing system.
Now, last night, although I only caught parts of it, there was a program on Job, how Satan challenged G-d over Job....A futile thing, you can't challenge G-d and win, he knows this so what is Satan's purpose in doing it? To perform evil for the sake of evil and the desire to thumb his nose at G-d. This reveals his nature......to steal, to kill, and to destroy....but also that G-d Allows....for the perfecting of us, for his greater glory, for the sake of others...etc.
Now this came together for me while brushing my teeth this morning and connected with another revelation......Making the decision if G-d is my father and deciding if I trust Him.
I had a very abused then abandoned childhood. I suffer depression, extreme worry and fear....No, I used to. First G-d sent a message to me through my brother. He say to me, " I used to get so stressed out about how I was going to pay my bills and care for my family each month then I realized one way or another something happens that takes care of everything so If G-d is going to take care of it and he does every time then why should waste time worrying over it?"
This was greatly on my mind when I heard a preacher on TV saying that I / we need to make a decision. I need to make the decision on whether or not G-d is my father....I need to make the decision whether I trust him. If he is my father, he loves me and will always do what is best for me and lead and deliver me to the good and right place. (This was the stickler, I always believed that he could...do anything, my problem was the "would" , would he be there for me....I have always felt unlovable, unworthy. I was recently reminded that His love is Agape...I cannot earn it nor deserve it. It is His gift and the decision helped me to accept this wondrous gift.)This is the essence of " I walk by faith and not by sight." because we know that He see's all of any situation, my view is small and narrow.....when we decide that we trust him, regardless of what the situation may look like or how "I" want it resolved, I know and trust that the result will be a place of joy. Once you make that decision and truly surrender your life to G-d there is nothing to fear or worry about. This now connects for me " cast your cares upon the L-rd for he cares for you."
Now how do these things fit together?
Well, so far, lol.....Now, I trust Him in my every situation, I turn them over to his care...I cast my cares upon Him, walk by faith and not by sight and I have suffered many things but now I realize the scripture For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
and putting that blame on it's true barer opens up a huge doorway to forgiveness and although I suffered I did not become chaff that fell away from G-d, I became a clinger....He is where I run, He is my refuge and I understand that although G-d may allow me to face trials, tribulations and any kind of difficult or tragic situations, I know he loves me and is still today my deliverer. I can better see through the situation that He will deliver me to the other side of it, I need not fear and what Satan means for harm, G-d turns to good.....
will chuckle at my revelations that is more than likely elementary for most, if you'll bare with me, I'd love to share this with you and have you
add to it.
The Article was : Is It G-ds Fault?
Any time even one innocent person suffers, we are faced with a contradiction: the belief in a just and kind G-d on the one hand, and the suffering of innocents on the other. Most prefer the easy way out of the moral tension caused by this contradiction and settle with one of two simplistic positions: either G-d is not responsible, because He doesn't exist or He is powerless; or the victims were not innocents because they deserved punishment. Jewish thought, however, does not look for easy solutions.
"
1) G-d is responsible. We cannot accept the cowardly theology that G-d is not responsible -- that anything that happens in the world that doesn't mesh with our idea of His goodness is just an amoral and indifferent act of nature.( Or Satan) For who is responsible for nature if not G-d? And what type of a G-d is He if He cannot control nature? (Or everything)"
When I first read it, I pretty much tossed it into my "I'll get back to that one" pile of my mental filing system.
Now, last night, although I only caught parts of it, there was a program on Job, how Satan challenged G-d over Job....A futile thing, you can't challenge G-d and win, he knows this so what is Satan's purpose in doing it? To perform evil for the sake of evil and the desire to thumb his nose at G-d. This reveals his nature......to steal, to kill, and to destroy....but also that G-d Allows....for the perfecting of us, for his greater glory, for the sake of others...etc.
Now this came together for me while brushing my teeth this morning and connected with another revelation......Making the decision if G-d is my father and deciding if I trust Him.
I had a very abused then abandoned childhood. I suffer depression, extreme worry and fear....No, I used to. First G-d sent a message to me through my brother. He say to me, " I used to get so stressed out about how I was going to pay my bills and care for my family each month then I realized one way or another something happens that takes care of everything so If G-d is going to take care of it and he does every time then why should waste time worrying over it?"
This was greatly on my mind when I heard a preacher on TV saying that I / we need to make a decision. I need to make the decision on whether or not G-d is my father....I need to make the decision whether I trust him. If he is my father, he loves me and will always do what is best for me and lead and deliver me to the good and right place. (This was the stickler, I always believed that he could...do anything, my problem was the "would" , would he be there for me....I have always felt unlovable, unworthy. I was recently reminded that His love is Agape...I cannot earn it nor deserve it. It is His gift and the decision helped me to accept this wondrous gift.)This is the essence of " I walk by faith and not by sight." because we know that He see's all of any situation, my view is small and narrow.....when we decide that we trust him, regardless of what the situation may look like or how "I" want it resolved, I know and trust that the result will be a place of joy. Once you make that decision and truly surrender your life to G-d there is nothing to fear or worry about. This now connects for me " cast your cares upon the L-rd for he cares for you."
Now how do these things fit together?
Well, so far, lol.....Now, I trust Him in my every situation, I turn them over to his care...I cast my cares upon Him, walk by faith and not by sight and I have suffered many things but now I realize the scripture For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
and putting that blame on it's true barer opens up a huge doorway to forgiveness and although I suffered I did not become chaff that fell away from G-d, I became a clinger....He is where I run, He is my refuge and I understand that although G-d may allow me to face trials, tribulations and any kind of difficult or tragic situations, I know he loves me and is still today my deliverer. I can better see through the situation that He will deliver me to the other side of it, I need not fear and what Satan means for harm, G-d turns to good.....