Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Ponderings

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.