Article 05 - Changes: Part 1.
I am no longer going to believe that I am better than God.
This is my son. His name is Sammy. I love him very, very much.
There is nothing that Sammy can ever do which will make me torture him for the rest of eternity. I will never boil him. I will never peel the skin from his bones, grow it back, and repeat that again and again and again. I will not sear out his eyes with firey pokers. I will not place him in an inferno full of ravenous beasts that will rip and tear away at his flesh as he screams in lonely and painful despair for even one drop of cool water to fall from above. I will not shove large spikes through his temples or wait for his bones to crush beneath the weight of my boot.
But if Sammy screws up... I have always believed that God would allow such things to happen. God had limits that I did not. I was able to love Sammy despite his worst conditions... but God was a hardliner... going by the book... and clearly defined by his limitations. Wrong was just wrong... and that was just that.
Am I better (more gracious, more loving, more patient, more gentle, more kind, more merciful) than God? I used to think so.
But I cannot think that way any longer. Now I am convinced that God is far better than I. He is more patient. He is more gentle. He is more kind. He is more gracious. He is more merciful. He is more forgiving.
When it comes to me... Sammy is in excellent hands.
When it comes to God... Sammy is in better.
posted by Fireside International @ 12:57 AM
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3 Comments:
Man I am glad that I have a heavenly father who takes care of me. It's also nice that when I do something wrong he doesn poke my eyes with firey pokers or boil me. Thats always a plus! I like the photos Luke. Welcom back by the way. Hope the trip went well.
Not to put too fine a point on it Ash but the siliness of this post is where most of our best theology leaves those who die without having said the "magic words."
Naturally, I would not worry if everybody did the right thing. Unfortunately, the world isn't full of those folks. Truth be told, far too many people won't have their business "squared away" when they die.
I am tired of a theology that calls those people toast. All of our sons and daughters are under the watchful eye of a loving Father. Even the ones who die running in the opposite direction will be spared.
This is what I believe.
For starters Julesy, I feel compelled to say that I absolutely love your style.
As much as I REALLY want to address the issue of Judgement v.s. Mercy and the issue of our free will (in terms of our freedom to reject God)... I must resist for the moment. Far too much writing required for those topics. So many things that I have to get done in order to feed my family right now. Righteous crusades are worthless if they cost my family their provision. That said, I commit to covering these issues in due time. I kind of planned on it anyhow.
Suffice it to say for now, none of these questions present a problem for what God is revealing to me lately. I cannot wait to share how that is possible.
Old models were functional for a while. New models seem better to me now. The Truth hasn't changed a bit. I love how that can be.
Before I leave however, I'll offer a juicy question...
Could Justice and Mercy be nearly the same thing?
Cheers!
Luke
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