If God wanted to, He could spare me the pain. If He wanted to. If God wanted to, He could grant me true love with the girl of my dreams. If He wanted to. If God wanted to, He could make me rich beyond my wildest dreams, and more famous than Jesus Christ. If He wanted to. I want this thing, I want that thing — God could do it for me, why doesn't He? Why is it this way and not my way — God could make it like that, why doesn't He? — Have you ever wondered why? I think I know.
The million things He does for me daily, I do not notice them. I take them for granted simply because He has always been with me and doing these things — and He has always been with you, too, and you don't notice the things He does, either. Let me give you a thought:
"But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you, that you may be sons of your Father in heaven; for He makes His sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust." Matthew 5:44-45 [NKJV]
I remember reading this and thinking it was stupid (the second part of it, at least) — of course the sun shines on everyone. It's the sun. It always does anyhow. You see it through the eyes of faith, though, and it comes out different. If you believe that God made the universe, you see it like Jesus Christ meant. God made the sun, and He made it everything in the world. He played no favorites when He made it shine on everyone. You see — using the same logic as what I started with — He could have. He could have made sure that all the wicked got locked away in windowless rooms, for instance. Why not? It's about as absurd as some of our farmost fantasies. If we consider the big picture, perhaps we know why He doesn't do those things. We miss a lot of the big picture, just like we take many of the things in the big picture for granted (like the precious gift of life itself), so maybe we should cut God a break. When He stepped back from what He had created and saw that it was good, He meant it.
One last thing here: when you get in your next fender bender, and someone says to you, "You're lucky no one got hurt," don't get mad at him, thinking, "If I were lucky, this wouldn't have happened in the first place." Don't get mad, because he's right. Accidents happen, and people die or get injured all the time — that's one of the facts of life. You are lucky no one got hurt. It may be hard, especially if you're thinking of what it will do for your insurance bill, but try. You might feel better anyway.
Raymond
1:50am sunday, 16th december
GOD gave us all free will to accept him and his son or not.We all have the chance to choose.GOD loved us so much that he gave us all free will;to do as we please.Our choises effect everyone around us;that in turn effects everyone around them.It is all a big circle.As the old saying goes"what goes around comes around".Most of our everyday problems comes from someone else making a bad choise.Most people do not live by the rule"do unto others as you would have them do to you";most believe"do unto others before they do it to you".We will all make mistakes in the way we treat people;but given the chance we will make up for it.There is good and bad in all of us;that is why GOD lets the sun shine on the evil people also.If he didn't;the sun would not shine.
Catherine
1:24am wednesday, 19th december
Referring to your comment about God's power of giving you what you want, or maybe what you think you need: If you believe God has power to make things right, maybe He thinks you are fine just the way you are. Maybe He has the faith and hope that you have the power inside of your soul to get past an illness that once dominated your life. Something I have recently learned to come to grips with in my life is everything happens for a reason. We may never find out what the purpose behind God's mysterious ways is, but there will always be a greater purpose and a greater gift.
Raymond