Well said. I like that God has a plan is not biblical. All these ear tickles say so
Yeah, Well God's plans are always perfect. But we aren't. So while we try to follow His plans we tend to mess things up.
But does He sit on His throne and say "Well, Ed is going to do this, say this, go here and go there, and then in the end be exactly what I want Him to be." Scripturally, It doesn't say this. It says that we are all sinners, forgiven by Grace, that which we don't even deserve, He gives us. And then....even then...we goof.
The awesome thing is. Because we aren't perfect...we can have that personal relationship with God. Yeah, Albert Finney a preacher back in the day said "sinning was the best thing man could have done"...yeah, my jaw dropped when I read that to. But it's simple. When Adam and Eve walked on the face of Earth before the fall. They were perfect. Handsome, gorgeous, no sickness, no aging, Highly intelligent (remember Adam named all the animals and their kinds with Eve's help) and completely oblivious of shame, self indulgence, selfishness and self loathing.
They had a relationship with God, kind of like we do with our parents. We know they're our parents, we know that they've been there. But do we truly know who our parents are or were?
Many ppl are surprised when they find out that their parents did certain things later in life that they never did when they were all together.
Well, don't get me wrong...sin is wrong and it means death...to our soul and body. But because of it. God came down in the form of man, was crucified for us, died for us, so that we might be saved and then We have now a personal relationship with God.
Sorry, got off on a tangent....Love talking about God and Christ.