I've noticed I have grown to have general indifference to good and bad things that happen in life; in fact I am pretty indifferent to pretty much anything on a daily basis.
When good things happen to us, we talk about the wonders of God, and His good works. When the sick are healed, when someone receives what they have been asking God for, when the weather is sunny and the skies clear, all the good stuff that happens to us - God often seems to get the credit.
When bad things happen, a child gets sick or passes from this life, we loose our job or something we placed importance on, someone dies, generally any and all bad things that can and usually will happen to all of us at some point. You don't hear too many "praise God" or "thank God" phrases being mentioned.
Now, it's all under God's plan. Nothing happens that has not already crossed his hands. When people tell me about some young person dying in an auto accident, or something happening to so and so, I just listen to them with a general "it's all God's, I give it to him" ticking in the back of my mind. People get emotional about stuff and talk about how awful such and such and I just find no feeling about it one way or the other. I am not discounting the pain for the people directly involved; any more then I would dismiss the pleasure someone has in many of the wonderful things that happen in life. I know God is working daily in people lives, I see him working in mine. I certainly don't fell qualified to judge anything as good or bad with my limited capacity. I just give it all to Him and trust He knows what He is doing.
When the sun is shinning and God is blessing me with another day - I thank him. When times get tough, I lean on him even more. I trust Him. He has a plan, He is working it out. He certainly does not need my opinion, He probably knows what I think about something even before I do. He does not need my permission.
I pray to Him, to thank him, if I have something I just don't want to worry about, I tell Him I am turning the problem over to Him; He knows where to find me when it's time for my part. I do what I can with the resources He has given me, when I come up short - its time to go to the guy in charge of it all.
Its strange. When I read something or talk to someone about something happening somewhere that seemingly everyone would think of as some awful thing, I just see it as God acting out His plan, one step at a time. I know I can't understand it, I don't see all things or know all things, how can I have an opinion one way or the other on something. I guess all I am left with is prayers that when a person is struggling - they find what God has in mind for them; that they draw to Him through the good and the bad.
Anyone else feel this way?
When good things happen to us, we talk about the wonders of God, and His good works. When the sick are healed, when someone receives what they have been asking God for, when the weather is sunny and the skies clear, all the good stuff that happens to us - God often seems to get the credit.
When bad things happen, a child gets sick or passes from this life, we loose our job or something we placed importance on, someone dies, generally any and all bad things that can and usually will happen to all of us at some point. You don't hear too many "praise God" or "thank God" phrases being mentioned.
Now, it's all under God's plan. Nothing happens that has not already crossed his hands. When people tell me about some young person dying in an auto accident, or something happening to so and so, I just listen to them with a general "it's all God's, I give it to him" ticking in the back of my mind. People get emotional about stuff and talk about how awful such and such and I just find no feeling about it one way or the other. I am not discounting the pain for the people directly involved; any more then I would dismiss the pleasure someone has in many of the wonderful things that happen in life. I know God is working daily in people lives, I see him working in mine. I certainly don't fell qualified to judge anything as good or bad with my limited capacity. I just give it all to Him and trust He knows what He is doing.
When the sun is shinning and God is blessing me with another day - I thank him. When times get tough, I lean on him even more. I trust Him. He has a plan, He is working it out. He certainly does not need my opinion, He probably knows what I think about something even before I do. He does not need my permission.
I pray to Him, to thank him, if I have something I just don't want to worry about, I tell Him I am turning the problem over to Him; He knows where to find me when it's time for my part. I do what I can with the resources He has given me, when I come up short - its time to go to the guy in charge of it all.
Its strange. When I read something or talk to someone about something happening somewhere that seemingly everyone would think of as some awful thing, I just see it as God acting out His plan, one step at a time. I know I can't understand it, I don't see all things or know all things, how can I have an opinion one way or the other on something. I guess all I am left with is prayers that when a person is struggling - they find what God has in mind for them; that they draw to Him through the good and the bad.
Anyone else feel this way?
