Friday, February 13, 2009
Trusting in GOD...NO MATTER WHAT
Day's book seems to give me that spiritual fulfillment that I need. Every required reading hits a idea, problem, or issue that I have struggled with. Putting all my trust in God is something that I have had a hard time doing. When things happen, I want to think about what should of happened or how I can change it. Day acknowledges that fact that God has a plan for each individual and the that God wont put more on us that we cant bear!!! WOW!! Only if I can look at life in that perspective. At times it is so hard to try to think of the positivity in a negative situation. Also to realize that God has an ultimate purpose of things happening. IT WILL MAKE YOU STRONGER IN THE LONG RUN!! God has an plan for each individual. I feel that I truly believe that. The more I learn about Day's struggles to get closer to him; the more I fall in love with GOD!!! His love is so undeniable!!! Therefore, I must put all my trust in him so that he will order my footsteps, and guide the way!!!
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Do you think Day is comforted by G-d's plan or is it more of a challenge? Or is it both for her and for us?
ReplyDeleteI think that it is hard for anybody/everybody to fully trust anything. It's a problem that we all deal with, whether it is to trust God or others.
ReplyDeleteI think that God's plan is a challenge, but many people are comforted by the thought of God having a plan for them.
I agree with Sydney that it is very difficult to put every bit of trust in something. I'd that the only people I fully trust are my family and my friends. I have a lot of respect for people like you and Dorothy who can fully place there faith, belief and trust in God and I hope that maybe one day I will find that salvation as well.
ReplyDeleteOne thing I wonder about the Dorothy comment you acknowledged is how people around the world who struggle every single day to survive would feel about how God "won't put more on us that we can bear." I think that living the lives that many of us do, it is easy to accept that, but the millions of people around us on the Earth whose life is very hard to bear. I guess i just wonder that they would feel about that..
I agree with Sydney, it is hard for everybody to fully trust anything. Many times people let us down and then it is hard to trust again. Even when we know that God won't let us down it is still hard for us to acknowledge that we don't have to worry and that he will guide our footsteps; we still try to take things into our own hands.
ReplyDeleteI do think it would be harder to put faith in the fact that God won't put more on us than we can bear in a place where people are starving. It is easier for us to accept that. I had never really thought about that before and in stuggles in my life I sometimes wonder if I can handle it. When I have a struggle in my own life I don't think about those who have it worse than me and I don't usually consider 1 Corinthians 10:13 which says, "No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man.God is faithful,and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it." This is where Day probably came up with her quote from the book. This is a verse that I should think about more often.
I agree that I need to put all of my trust in Him all of the time.
I agree that placing our trust in God can be a challenging, scary thing to do-- I also agree that it can be extremely comforting. Another aspect that factors into my constant struggle to trust God completely is that I feel that, we as humans often feel that we "should be able to handle things ourselves." We feel like we shouldn't need help, that we can/are supposed to take care of our own problems-- we strive to be completely independent-- not because we want to escape God's love or help, its simply that we get caught up in taking care of ourselves, or in being perfectionists, or over-achievers, or whatever it is that are so focused on doing that we forget that God is there to help us as we help ourselves, as we help others, and as others help us. That is how God wants it-- we as humans just often get in way...
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