Edmond Smith
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That's very pacifist of you. It's also incorrect and an excuse for inactivity.
If you asked me to build you a house, but you stood by and did nothing but watch me build it, I'm not actually helping you. I'm doing it for you. God doesn't work that way, but many Christians misuse the sentiment that God will provide according to His will and in His timing. They expect God to do everything Himself.
"God helps those who help themselves" - Algernon Sydney
This goes both ways, both for Wifey and her husband. God isn't her homie. He's not going to go beat him over the head until he conforms. Wifey needs to take action rather than giving away all her power and look inside to see what action she needs to take for herself. I pointed out some of those (rather obvious) things to help her.
So, you need to be in the activity of effecting change. The only person you can change is yourself. In Shamanism they say that you cannot "cocreate in someone else's sacred space". What that is referring to is that you each have your own way and your own will, your own essence and your own sacred space. You cannot force your will onto someone else. She needs to effect the changes necessary to be a loving, supporting wife to her husband and allow him to go through his process and learn the lessons that his soul came here to learn. She has no RIGHT to be interfering and trying to manipulate and control that. Her rights end where his begin. If she can't do that, the only option she has to remove herself from the situation until she can. To do otherwise is to be abusive.
You are making stuff up and misusing/misinterpreting the Sacred Law to suit your own ego and pacifism. That's a deadly combination. I encourage you to take a look at that.
Okay,
We aren't in Control.
Yes, we have to do work and such. We have to and will do things. But we aren't in Control. You don't know what's going to happen to you in the next few hours, much less few minutes. God does.
We're not even in control of the situations that we are in, anything that can happen, either will or won't. But God knows.
I agree, many Christians misuse the sentiment will provide according to His will.
In this case, it isn't misuse. It is the case. It's God's will that this man be saved. It's God's will that they place their faith in Christ. It's God's will that we who claim to be Born Again, to proclaim the gospel.
God helps those who think only they can help themselves
I agree we are to seek out our own salvation. Meaning that we should study God's word and that we should put our trust in Him, knowing that He will help with and or completely change us. Which he does. With the renewing of our minds, that is done through the Holy Spirit, studying His Word, and again placing our trust in Jesus.
Yes, we do have to apply some action. Never said she didn't. Common sense dictates that.
We have to pray...action...trust...action...believe...action give it to God....action. They're all actions that we have to do.
Those are all things that we do. God does the changing.
Remember the Apostles..yeah not shaman's...When Christ was crucified they were scared to death, they thought they were next. They were in hiding, in fear and shame when Christ appeared before them and it was Him who changed them. Not themselves. So much so they shook the world spreading the Gospel. They didn't rely on themselves to believe that Christ rose from the dead...they relied on Him and the testimony He had of the Father and what the Father could do.
You are making stuff up and misusing/misinterpreting the Sacred Law to suit your own ego and pacifism.
Please show me where?
Pacifistic....LOL...you crack me up. If you only knew...but God does. and He has thankfully and mercifully forgave me.
But to sum up what you just said.
Do it yourself, don't rely on God doing it all. You have to do your part.
Would like to see the scripture to back this up.
What does the Bible say?
2Co 1:9
But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead:
Psa 9:10
And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.
Psa 20:7
Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the LORD our God.
(This one suits to what your saying....Some put there trust in what they can do, see, hear and touch...others' remember the name of the LORD.)
Psa 37:5
Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.
(Who should be In control?....COMMIT)
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