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🤔 💭 Why? vs What? 💭 🤔
For a long time I’d sit and ponder the why’s of life.
I tried making sense of things like childhood cancer, rape, war and even persecution.
I remember reading the stories of the lives of our forefathers in scripture and tried to comprehend it via logic. Sometimes questioning Gods decisions.
I realized it was all in vain. Then I read a passage in the Bible where Apostle Paul basically argues that God can do what He wants to and owes us nothing. He was right!
He says in Romans 9:21 “Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour?” That is so powerful and so true! Visually I pictured a China plate tucked away safely in a cabinet on display vs a paper plate we use and toss. Imagine if the paper plate told us how it felt about it?
I took it one step farther than Paul and thought “If He acted out the justice actually owed to us... we’d be guilty and deserving of eternal hellfire.
This humbled me and brought me to a scripture I often visit in my heart that reminds me that the suffering we endure now isn’t comparable to the Glory that will be revealed in me. (Rom 8:18)
So the next time you find your self asking Why? Don’t! Rather, ask What? What is God trying to teach me from this situation. Rather than complaining try to find the purpose in your pain.
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🤔 💭 Why? vs What? 💭 🤔
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