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Originally Posted by Igzy
Bradley, Again my advice is simplify, simplify. Go back to the basics. Faith in God, relationship with him, daily prayer, turn all your troubles over to him. Don't try to figure out all the theology. The Christian/church life is really simple. Love God. Love people. Jesus said if you take care of those two commandments you've fulfilled the whole law.
Human life is full of trouble but we were just not designed to carry a lot of psychological burdens. Our problem is we want ANSWERS (why did this happen? am I being punished? what exactly is God telling me to do?). But God is really only concerned with our RESPONSES, that is, do we respond in faith, trust and love.
Really all we need to do is turn everything over to him and just take it day to day. In other words, we don't need to know everything, we just need to respond in faith, and he promises to guide us. Having gone through a recent divorce myself I can tell you this in one sense is very hard to do. But in another sense its the only viable course we have. The Devil would like to confuse us with complicating questions. But the key is to drop all the questions, simplify and seek God's face, and let him reveal things to us in his time.
This is what Jesus meant when he said, Don't worry about tomorrow, just take care of today.
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Good stuff, Igzy. Thanks.
This week I remembered something that happened to me years ago and was able to share it with a friend. I was driving in heavy traffic and was being cut off, crowded, all the stuff that spawns road rage. I was getting pretty upset, when the Lord "appeared". He simply said to me "let them all go." I was instantly at peace and I replied "OK". The traffic didn't change, but I did. It was amazing...what kind of God do we have? Who is He to be so willing to rescue us from ourselves? He speaks. We listen. We obey. He is speaking all the time, but I don't always listen or hear. I am so grateful that I heard Him that day. I got to know Him a little more, I got rescued, and I have a God who cares about me in the smallest things in my life. I got simplified!
Thanks again for your post.
Nell