tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949422246633548404.post3283015041218184549..comments2024-02-07T11:31:44.141+03:00Comments on On Life in St. Petersburg: The elephants in my prayer lifeElizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15283395756742923658noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949422246633548404.post-38262193111635641942010-02-22T16:25:47.611+03:002010-02-22T16:25:47.611+03:00V - I love your point...and perhaps Liz responded ...V - I love your point...and perhaps Liz responded to it with her next post.<br /><br />It is something I struggle to remember all the time. When I find someone stupid or annoying, or most especially when I see some person on the street who appears to be obnoxious, disgusting, rude (for example the "rich jerk in the sports car going 90") I mentally slap myself and remind myself that God loves that person as much as He loves me! I am nothing special.Anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12623179886908222942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949422246633548404.post-2382455852281102312010-02-22T06:33:19.738+03:002010-02-22T06:33:19.738+03:00Liz, you will probably delete my post again, but a...Liz, you will probably delete my post again, but at least I know that you will read it before you deleted it. Listen, I am not your enemy. I am actually your friend, although I know you do not see it this way. <br /><br />What you are going through, I and many other people have gone through as well. I once was passionate about being a missionary. I once had these dreams and visions of what God wanted me to become.<br /><br />The thing is it all came to a screeching halt when I realized that all I was trying to do is to fit God into my agenda. Every church in the US doing this. Almost every sermon at any given evangelical church in the US is all about how God may fit my agenda, and so we become used to the fact God is on our side. Always. The truth is he is not. God doesn't want us to be anything special compared to other people. God doesn't take away our pain, mistakes, illnesses and so forth. He does what he pleases, and he is by no means influenced by our prayers. All that nonsense about God being a loving Father (our daddy, as some pathetic Christians are trying to represent him) is nothing but a nonsense. God can't be explained or figured out and you and I know that. He has to be revered, and at no point he has said that he will be at our disposal when we need him. We are not supposed to stick God into every aspect of our life. He doesn't take away the painful consequences of our decision no matter how much we prayed about them and no matter how reasonable they seemed at the time.<br /><br />The sooner you accept these facts the sooner your life will be free of stress and anxiety when it comes to doing the will of God. The will of God is to be a normal person. It's that simple.<br /><br />A) there is no such thing as the will of God on one's life. Honestly, how would anyone know what his will on one's life is? It's impossible to know. <br /><br />B) God doesn't show any partiality to anyone. You can be a perfect student of the Bible and yet God may neglect you but he may choose some idiot to do his will.<br /><br />I hope you get my point.V.................................http://foreverhired.comnoreply@blogger.com