The problems of our lives are not intended to test how smart or resourceful we are, but how vulnerable and trusting we will allow ourselves to be.
We are like little children with a puzzle and we can't put the pieces together while our parent stands watching, waiting for a plea of "Help!"
God is like a mother who sees their child hurting or suffering and wants to run and embrace him.
There is so much suffering in this world (Satan is the god of it) and God is not surprised! Quite the contrary!... God wanted to allow us freewill so there must be evil to test us, a choice or choices to make.
I wonder sometimes if I'm wrong, if I have taken a wrong turn.... But I think it's a matter of perspective.... "God knows the way that I take and when He has tried me I shall come forth as gold." This is my favorite Scripture!
I love our pastor. Some of the things he says blow my mind!... We've been studying about Creation and the Garden of Eden. I always thought it was kind of cruel the way God kicked out Adam and Eve (although I understand why). He made it clear to me that had they eaten of the Tree of Life after having eaten of the Tree of the Knowledtge of Good and Evil they would've been doomed forever!
People wonder how things would've been if Adan and Eve had not sinned. The truth is the next humans would've messed up! We're all so flawed! Out of the first children one of them killed the other! It boggles the mind.
In a relatively short span of time there were only eight decent people on earth creating the need for Noah's ark, and in another relatively short time everyone joined up to build the Tower of Babel!
And speaking of the flood if you look in part of the ceiling of Cumberland Caverns (locally) you will see seashells, and the tour guide will say that it's proof of a worldwide flood.
God is awesome! Time is short. Christ is at hand.
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Men, Women, and God
The subject of the sexes and God is a deep one, and one I don't enter into lightly. I'm not trying to meddle, but this is something I have wondered about from time to time, and it's come to my mind once again.
What started me thinking is the verse that says, "He tends His flock like a shephered: He gathers the lambs in His arms and carries them close to His heart; He gently leads those that have young." - Isaiah 40:11 (NIV) I love this verse, but especially the part that says He carries us close to His heart. Why is this significant in terms of sex? Mothers tend to carry their young on the left side, by their heart, and men tend to carry on their right side.
I've always wondered of my role as a woman in Christ. I know Christ is the head of the church and man is head of the household (there has to be an ultimate leader). I know man is made in the image of God and women were taken "out of" man. So where do our feminine qualities come from? Did we come from nothing? I think not.
To say God is feminine isn't right, but God has many qualities associated with women, such as nurturing, tending to the sick, sensitivity, etc.
I think that we all have female and male characterisitics in each of us, and to differing degrees. I think this is what confuses some about their sexuality. Again - this is a deep subject, but it's on my mind. :-)
Jesus said in Luke 13:34, "O, Jerusalem, Jerusalem,... how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings...". (NIV) I have found God, our Father, and Jesus, our older brother, to care for me similarly to a mother, but much deeper. Our mothers can not always be there. Our mothers can not read our mind. But we can not surprise God! Our earthly mothers can run away, be cruel, be neglectful, but God can not!
Certain sins are "black and white," but people's feelings are not. I think we need to understand this.
What started me thinking is the verse that says, "He tends His flock like a shephered: He gathers the lambs in His arms and carries them close to His heart; He gently leads those that have young." - Isaiah 40:11 (NIV) I love this verse, but especially the part that says He carries us close to His heart. Why is this significant in terms of sex? Mothers tend to carry their young on the left side, by their heart, and men tend to carry on their right side.
I've always wondered of my role as a woman in Christ. I know Christ is the head of the church and man is head of the household (there has to be an ultimate leader). I know man is made in the image of God and women were taken "out of" man. So where do our feminine qualities come from? Did we come from nothing? I think not.
To say God is feminine isn't right, but God has many qualities associated with women, such as nurturing, tending to the sick, sensitivity, etc.
I think that we all have female and male characterisitics in each of us, and to differing degrees. I think this is what confuses some about their sexuality. Again - this is a deep subject, but it's on my mind. :-)
Jesus said in Luke 13:34, "O, Jerusalem, Jerusalem,... how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings...". (NIV) I have found God, our Father, and Jesus, our older brother, to care for me similarly to a mother, but much deeper. Our mothers can not always be there. Our mothers can not read our mind. But we can not surprise God! Our earthly mothers can run away, be cruel, be neglectful, but God can not!
Certain sins are "black and white," but people's feelings are not. I think we need to understand this.
Thursday, January 20, 2011
" 'Mike and Molly' - A Fat Look"
Something's been bothering me, so I thought I'd write about it. It's about the show "Mike and Molly." I just started watching it, not because the main characters are fat, but because I was bored and thought I'd check it out.
It's actually pretty funny, in my opinion, and this surprised me as most shows on TV these days don't even give me a chuckle.
What irks me is the controversy surrounding the main characters being overweight or fat (not a bad word). I don't believe there should be a controversy, and I don't believe their being fat promotes being fat!
I am fat. I don't like it, but I'm not ashamed of it. Being fat doesn't make me ugly or pretty; it doesn't make me happy or sad; it doesn't make me wrong or right. It is what it is - I have a weight problem.
I do believe if the main character of this show was a man and fat it would be okay, but the main, female character is also fat, and that is the problem people are having. Case in point is that other shows or movies with fat, male leads have been widely accepted.
Some of my favorite comedians and actors are male, overweight, self-depracating men -- like John Candy, Chris Farley, and Kevin James. They too, like me, have or have had a weight problem (yes, it is a problem), and yet they are funny.
Being overweight isn't a choice - you don't wake up one day and say, "I think I want to get fat today." But unhealthy choices often lead to this unhealthy condition.
I lost 115 plus pounds in a little over a year several years back, and I thought I conquered my problem. I was slowly gaining weight back when I got pregnant with the twins. At five months pregnant I was hospitalized at Vanderbilt in Nashville for two and a half months. I couldn't get up except to go to the bathroom or take a shower.
The funny thing is that I had a world-famous "preemie" doctor caring for me. The man was probably in his upper 50s or lower 60s. I thought his hair looked like he had two horns on his head, lol. He was so crass toward me, and was missing the edit button between his brain and mouth.
One day he came in and said, "You're getting fatter everyday." Because of my unborn babies I kept my mouth shut. But I wanted to say, "Yeah, and you're getting older and more bitter everyday."
So I guess what I'm saying is why knock people when they're down? What good does it do? Why not love people where they are? Some one doesn't need to point out someone else's problems. Most people aren't stupid. But if someone's delusional you're not going to change their minds anyway.
I will continue to watch "Mike and Molly" because it's funny, until I get bored or if it gets taken off the air. If you don't like watching fat people then don't watch it. But if you're open to humor and bored it's kind of funny to me.
Thanks for listening to my rant. And pray I lose weight, lol. :-)
It's actually pretty funny, in my opinion, and this surprised me as most shows on TV these days don't even give me a chuckle.
What irks me is the controversy surrounding the main characters being overweight or fat (not a bad word). I don't believe there should be a controversy, and I don't believe their being fat promotes being fat!
I am fat. I don't like it, but I'm not ashamed of it. Being fat doesn't make me ugly or pretty; it doesn't make me happy or sad; it doesn't make me wrong or right. It is what it is - I have a weight problem.
I do believe if the main character of this show was a man and fat it would be okay, but the main, female character is also fat, and that is the problem people are having. Case in point is that other shows or movies with fat, male leads have been widely accepted.
Some of my favorite comedians and actors are male, overweight, self-depracating men -- like John Candy, Chris Farley, and Kevin James. They too, like me, have or have had a weight problem (yes, it is a problem), and yet they are funny.
Being overweight isn't a choice - you don't wake up one day and say, "I think I want to get fat today." But unhealthy choices often lead to this unhealthy condition.
I lost 115 plus pounds in a little over a year several years back, and I thought I conquered my problem. I was slowly gaining weight back when I got pregnant with the twins. At five months pregnant I was hospitalized at Vanderbilt in Nashville for two and a half months. I couldn't get up except to go to the bathroom or take a shower.
The funny thing is that I had a world-famous "preemie" doctor caring for me. The man was probably in his upper 50s or lower 60s. I thought his hair looked like he had two horns on his head, lol. He was so crass toward me, and was missing the edit button between his brain and mouth.
One day he came in and said, "You're getting fatter everyday." Because of my unborn babies I kept my mouth shut. But I wanted to say, "Yeah, and you're getting older and more bitter everyday."
So I guess what I'm saying is why knock people when they're down? What good does it do? Why not love people where they are? Some one doesn't need to point out someone else's problems. Most people aren't stupid. But if someone's delusional you're not going to change their minds anyway.
I will continue to watch "Mike and Molly" because it's funny, until I get bored or if it gets taken off the air. If you don't like watching fat people then don't watch it. But if you're open to humor and bored it's kind of funny to me.
Thanks for listening to my rant. And pray I lose weight, lol. :-)
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