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girls confuse me. I need God. Period.
posted by Daniel @ 1:02 下午
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You need to relax and give it up to God. You need to take it down a notch. It will all fall into place when it's suppose to.
it's important to remember always that while God is there for us, and will always love us, he will not automatically make our lives better. God is not, in fact, all you need. work with Him to realize His plan for you; don't treat Him as a crutch.
Nicholas is right.
Don't feel pushed or rushed. Why confused?
M x
to the first anon. who I am at least 80% sure was my mom (she's the only one who says 'take it down a notch' besides me)--- yes you are right. It doesn't mean I can't complain though. the last post was a moment of weakness. I have to do this right or I might as well just not do it at all. As my friend Josh told me last night, "we are going to have to find the perfect woman for you, Allegri. She's got to be perfect." Going for anything less would be foolish. Doesn't mean I can't blog my frustation in the meantime :-)
Michael, maybe rushed is a good word for it. And a bad idea. Why do I need one today, other than I want one? That is not a good enough reason for romance. It's got to be God's best.
Nick s-- welcome to the redpool. Elaborate a little on your post. What else do we need besides God? Why?
Danielle-- you rock!!!!
Daniyel
Far be it from me to speak on Nicholas' behalf, but what I understood is soemthing similar to what I said on another recent comment, which is this:
God is there for us - of course He is. The Holy Spirit sustains us, but that does not mean that we ought to sit back and rely on God to take care of everything. We must not forget to take our own responsibility for our actions and relationships with others. This does not show a lack of faith in God, but instead, a use of the faculties that He has given to us, while remaining steadfast in the knowledge that should it all go tragically pear-shaped, or indeed, should it go remarkably well, God is there as our time of sorrow or joy.
It reminds me of a story I once heard in a sermon. The town in which a man lived was flooded, and the water was rising steadily. He had climbed onto his roof for refuge, and still the waters rose. He prayed for God's help. A few minutes later, a helicopter flew over, and lowered to collect him. He shouted, 'No. Thank you, but the Lord will save me'. So the helicopter left. Some time later, with the waters still rising, a lifeboat came by, but again the man refused the help, saying that the Lord would save him. Finally, some of his neighbours floated by on a make-shift raft that they had made, and they offered him a space. Again, he refused. 'The Lord will save me', he said. An hour later, he was at the upper-most part of his roof, with the water about his feet, and crying to God, 'How long, O Lord? Why will you not save me?' to which came a reply from the heavens, 'I have sent you a helicopter, a raft and alifeboat, all of which you have refused. What more do you want?'
I think that the message is that God works his purpose out through the ordinary of every day and through our actions as well. We are his hands and feet. We cannot sit back and expect everything to magicaly fall into place, but to seize the opportunities that present themselves.
I hope this helps without sounding sanctimonious.
Your good, or course it was your mother.
It's okay to get frustated. But you need to be careful what your proclaim out loud.
Enjoy your alone time. It came be a gift from God!!!
i feel sort of embarrasingly secular in this discussion, but my relationship with God is not one of constant contact. i can't say that i've ever felt the Holy Spirit in my life (and believe me, i have tried), and i've never understood when people say that i should "give it up to God." does that imply that i should not worry? that i can handle. or does it imply that i should not try? that i can't accept.
my point, essentially, is this. God influences the world, but not in ways that we can understand or take advantage of. maybe God is not specifically interested in whether or not the perfect girl lands on your doorstep. we, after all, must exercise our free will in order for it to exist.
on a more secular note, though, girls are essentially confusing beings. don't listen to all that garbage about how we're exactly the same; we're practically different species. giving up is not the answer. the trick is figuring out how to play ball with them and win. ;-)
Nicholas, there is nothing at all secular about your post. Many people have what they call a 'personal relationship with God'. This seems to work for them, but this is not an ideal that you should feel that you have somehow fallen short of if it is not how God works in your own life. I experience what I would perhaps describe as personal intimacy with God during some of the most emotionally-driven moments of my life. I can tell you this was the case earlier this week and before then not since about two years ago, but generally, this is not how God works in my life, and although, because of this, I find songs like 'What a friend we have in Jesus' awfully twee and rather vomit-inducing, I understand that this sort of sentimentality works for some people.
There is nothing secular about this approach. My experience of God is through the wonders of my theological understanding of the wonders that He has done and the glorious liturgies and grace that he bestows to us in his Sacraments. There are others who do not believe in the Sacraments and have little interest in theology, because this is not how Gos works in their own lives.
You must never feel the need to be apologetic for the way that God has chosen to work out his purpose in your life: it is HIS purpose.
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