Good morning everyone. I want to let you all know that I’m not a Catholic, I’m a Protestant (Methodist). But it’s not a problem to me as long as we worship God Almighty. Even if I’m Catholic, I glad if I read something about God. Like this article which was presented by Bob Garon, it was a nice words he used and that’s why I want to share it with you out there.
“God is good, all the time,” says a popular worship song. In good times, that is easy to believe. Blessings pour down on us and we can almost see the smile on the face of God. So too can we feel His love. All’s well between God and us.
When, however, the times turn against us and things no longer go our way, it is sometimes difficult for us to keep smiling at God. Somehow, we find it hard to feel Him and the smile on His face seems to us to blur a bit. We might even start to wonder if He might be displeased with us.
And there are those among us who are convinced that God sends us His blessings only when they are in line with our expectations. Like little kids who think that if they are good, their parents will agree to bring them to Mc Donald’s, we believe that if we behave well, God will grant us our wishes.
It does not work that way. There are two plans, God’s plans and our plans, and ours don’t matter much. God does not give us what we want, He gives us what we need. And when we don’t get what we want, some of us react like those little kids whose parents won’t bring them to Mc Donald’s.
We react and stomp our spiritual feet and start thinking that He does not longer loves us. We might be adults, but spiritual children. Matured in the ways of the world, but immature in the ways of God. If we expect to get our way with God, we could be in for a big surprise. God has His ways, His plan and it might not be anything like what we want and expect.
Some of our greatest blessings come wrapped in pain. They are the blessings that hurt for a while, but in the end, give us the most joy. We mourn the breakup of a cherished relationship only to find one more satisfying later on. Now the breakup is seen as a distinct blessing.
“God is good, all the time,” says a popular worship song. In good times, that is easy to believe. Blessings pour down on us and we can almost see the smile on the face of God. So too can we feel His love. All’s well between God and us.
When, however, the times turn against us and things no longer go our way, it is sometimes difficult for us to keep smiling at God. Somehow, we find it hard to feel Him and the smile on His face seems to us to blur a bit. We might even start to wonder if He might be displeased with us.
And there are those among us who are convinced that God sends us His blessings only when they are in line with our expectations. Like little kids who think that if they are good, their parents will agree to bring them to Mc Donald’s, we believe that if we behave well, God will grant us our wishes.
It does not work that way. There are two plans, God’s plans and our plans, and ours don’t matter much. God does not give us what we want, He gives us what we need. And when we don’t get what we want, some of us react like those little kids whose parents won’t bring them to Mc Donald’s.
We react and stomp our spiritual feet and start thinking that He does not longer loves us. We might be adults, but spiritual children. Matured in the ways of the world, but immature in the ways of God. If we expect to get our way with God, we could be in for a big surprise. God has His ways, His plan and it might not be anything like what we want and expect.
Some of our greatest blessings come wrapped in pain. They are the blessings that hurt for a while, but in the end, give us the most joy. We mourn the breakup of a cherished relationship only to find one more satisfying later on. Now the breakup is seen as a distinct blessing.
As we mature spiritually, we learn to take things as they come and not keep questioning the wisdom of the Creator. We learn to trust Him more and question less. As our faith increases, our doubts are less and our willingness to bow to His will is greater.
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