There seems to be a thing happening to many of my christian friends lately. I woke up this morning to a show about a lady who wrote a book. The name of the book was "my divorce from God". She was a lifelong believer who trusted God until Sept 11, 2001. Then the towers in New York came down, and with them came down her faith in God. "How could God let that happen?" was the question that began the road to her deserting her faith. She had started down the road of "losing heart" and had walked the road to its dead end. She had abandoned her faith for a lie, and I realized her faith was conditional. God was not allowed to step outside the box of her expectations, and when He had....she fired Him.
It was a wake up call for me. I have come across alot of "faith frustrated" friends lately and if im honest...I have felt that way too. "for our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternel glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal. 2cor 4:17-18. God is unseen, but that doesnt mean He isnt behind the scenes at work diligently bringing about His will and ultimately good in our life at the same time. But we see it with earthly eyes, and lose our heavenly vision when we make faithless judgements about what we see.
If God could not do this He wouldn't be God....all He asks is we believe long enough to finish the race....without letting anyone cut in on our faith. Peace...
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The Psalms give me a lot of comfort. Many many times David whines and complains and moans and groans and sometimes just downright gets ticked off at God. But his laments are not falling on deaf ears and God still comes through, whether it's what was wanted or not in the end God is always praised.
ReplyDeleteI have to wonder how true or deep the faith was of someone who can just walk away. I don't say that as judgment...I say it because I don't get it. I cannot imagine ever walking away from God. That would be like chewing off a limb or two, and maybe a vital organ while I'm at it. Jesus IS my LIFE. I get frustrated and say things I regret later but I always come back. I've tried to walk away, it seems physically impossible to me.
I guess what it boils down to is we are all human, we all fall short. But thank God he is forever loving, kind, forgiving.....
Peace to you too!
Thats a good point, what was the quality of her faith? I dont think I could divorce God either... Id spend all my time thinking about my ex.
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