Wonderfully Made Under God

[newton3005]

God creates life. He creates life for a purpose. Some believe they know everything about His Purpose, some others know a part of it, and still some others might know the gist. We can’t read God’s mind like He can read ours.

God equipped us for the Purpose He had in mind. Psalm 139:14 says “I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well.” What were we made for? Romans 8:28-30 says “And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose. For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. And those whom he predestined he also called, and those whom he called he also justified...” The last part of Verse 30 says “...and those whom he justified he also glorified.”

Since He made us with His Purpose in mind, not all of us are made the same. Many of us are believed to have all of our facilities and senses intact. Some of us were born deprived of at least one of those senses, and some of us were born deformed. Some of us were born with minds that seem to be limited in understanding. Some of us may ask why the Lord may create some of us so deprived.

But God has a purpose for everything. In His scheme of things it is necessary for deprived people to exist. Take Helen Keller. How interested would the world be without people like her to call attention to others who are deprived of hearing and sight like she was. Some may ask, then, Why doesn’t God create everyone fully intact to begin with? Perhaps He is testing us to see how we would treat people who are less fortunate than most of us are. Lord Jesus in Matthew 25:31-46 says that those who cater to the least among us will go to Heaven, while those who turn our backs on the least of us will go to hell. The Lord only wants those who are capable of loving Him and eachother to be with Him in Paradise. As Luke 23:43 points out, those who at least acknowledge God are capable of loving Him and eachother, and so are worthy of Paradise.

And what of some of those who were born deprived? I mentioned Helen Keller who went on to be glorified. Others have purposely overcome their deprivations and have become well-known. Beethoven was deaf before he composed his Fifth Symphony; Boris Karloff, of Frankenstein fame, went into acting despite the lisp he had. A number of famous professional athletes, who inspired others, overcame their physical deformities. Does God not bless those who exhibit resourcefulness and fortitude when they act toward His Goodness?

Would God not bless those who improve the lives of those who are mentally or physically deformed?

God’s Purpose is in direct proportion to His Goodness. The lives that God introduces to the world are seen by some as a blessing and by some others as a challenge. It’s hard to see how anyone who turns their back on life can be of any help to themselves.

 

[Irkle Berserkle]

We can’t read God’s mind like He can read ours.

I'm not disagreeing with your post - I even gave you a thumbs up - but do you see that you then proceed to read God's mind (or at least attempt to do so)? We all do this, but I can see why atheists find it kind of humorous. I try to be content with a lot of mystery in my Christianity. Yes, I can rationalize in my own mind why the reality in which we find ourselves might make sense from the perspective of an eternal transcendent Creator, but I don't pretend that I know this to be God's reasoning and purpose.

 

[newton3005]

..do you see that you then proceed to read God's mind (or at least attempt to do so)?

I won't lean on my own understanding as to what God's Purpose is, in any situation. All I know is that the Bible says that God has a purpose for us, to the extent stated in the Bible.

 

[SkyWriting]

God creates life. He creates life for a purpose. Some believe they know everything about His Purpose, some others know a part of it, and still some others might know the gist. We can’t read God’s mind like He can read ours.

God equipped us for the Purpose He had in mind. Psalm 139:14 says “I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well.” What were we made for? Romans 8:28-30 says “And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose. For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. And those whom he predestined he also called, and those whom he called he also justified...” The last part of Verse 30 says “...and those whom he justified he also glorified.”

Since He made us with His Purpose in mind, not all of us are made the same. Many of us are believed to have all of our facilities and senses intact. Some of us were born deprived of at least one of those senses, and some of us were born deformed. Some of us were born with minds that seem to be limited in understanding. Some of us may ask why the Lord may create some of us so deprived.

But God has a purpose for everything. In His scheme of things it is necessary for deprived people to exist. Take Helen Keller. How interested would the world be without people like her to call attention to others who are deprived of hearing and sight like she was. Some may ask, then, Why doesn’t God create everyone fully intact to begin with? Perhaps He is testing us to see how we would treat people who are less fortunate than most of us are. Lord Jesus in Matthew 25:31-46 says that those who cater to the least among us will go to Heaven, while those who turn our backs on the least of us will go to hell. The Lord only wants those who are capable of loving Him and eachother to be with Him in Paradise. As Luke 23:43 points out, those who at least acknowledge God are capable of loving Him and eachother, and so are worthy of Paradise.

And what of some of those who were born deprived? I mentioned Helen Keller who went on to be glorified. Others have purposely overcome their deprivations and have become well-known. Beethoven was deaf before he composed his Fifth Symphony; Boris Karloff, of Frankenstein fame, went into acting despite the lisp he had. A number of famous professional athletes, who inspired others, overcame their physical deformities. Does God not bless those who exhibit resourcefulness and fortitude when they act toward His Goodness?

Would God not bless those who improve the lives of those who are mentally or physically deformed?

God’s Purpose is in direct proportion to His Goodness. The lives that God introduces to the world are seen by some as a blessing and by some others as a challenge. It’s hard to see how anyone who turns their back on life can be of any help to themselves.

Three of my cousins were stillborn...so....
One of them was named.