God & I have a relationship.<\/p>\n
Right at the moment I\u2019m a little angry at God but not so much that I\u2019ve turned my back on him. He knows why I\u2019m angry and that I have faith perhaps everything was, or will be, for the best.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m willing to acknowledge he knows more than I do. I\u2019m sure that he\u2019ll forgive me for being a bit angry because I can\u2019t see the whole picture like he can. I\u2019m also sure he\u2019ll forgive my ignorance and demands for answers. Compared to God I\u2019m a petulant child and like my Father used to do, God is probably sighing in a slightly annoyed way, but is not angry at me.<\/p>\n
I think of God very much like a good Dad. I treat the relationship with God the same way.<\/p>\n
So I am generally confused when I see or hear things like, “I prayed over whether I should purchase an ice cream cone,” or something equally insignificant.<\/p>\n
I understand having God in all aspects of your life but come on, would you call your actual Father up 50 or 100 times a day to ask about trivial bullshit?<\/p>\n
No<\/strong><\/em>. You call your Dad to ask about serious stuff. “Hey Dad, I think I\u2019m in love and want to get married. What do you think? \u00a0You\u2019ve met \u2018em.\u201d Equally, I can see praying to God about getting married and asking for a little guidance on the question of, \u201cIs this person the right person for me?”<\/p>\n That seems appropriate and I totally get it.<\/p>\n I\u2019ve never thought of God as genie or Santa Claus. Even as a child somehow I knew that you only asked God for serious stuff. \u201cGod, please help Grandma get out of the hospital soon. I really miss her biscuits.”<\/p>\n (Yes\u2026 I did actually make that prayer as a child.) I\u2019m fairly certain that God smiled at that childish, selfish prayer much the same way that my Father did tucking me into bed.<\/p>\n So when I see people saying they prayed over this, that, or the other trivially stupid thing, all the damn time I find myself wondering if they\u2019re serious or just virtue signaling. I honestly don\u2019t know, and am trying to refrain from rushing to judgement.<\/p>\n If these people are actually praying like this over any stupid thing, then I feel sorry for God. How many people are doing this all day every day? Even God has his limits. Remember Sodom and Gomorrah? How about the flood? Yeah what happens when God finally has enough of the whining and bitching and flings the planet into the sun for a 5 minute cleansing.<\/p>\n My Dad used to joke that if I didn\u2019t behave, he could give me away and make another one just like me, who would behave properly.<\/p>\n With God\u2026 He could actually do it!<\/p>\n So all you bible thumpers out there. Y\u2019all keep on preaching, \u00a0but how about not clogging the heavenly switchboard or voicemail with moronic shit?<\/p>\n There are some folks trying to get through with really important stuff. You know like, \u201cGod, should I marry this person? God, could you please help Russia and Ukraine tone it down a little bit?”<\/p>\n Most importantly, “Hey God, could you give me a little help making Grandma\u2019s biscuits, I just can\u2019t get \u2018em quite right.”<\/p>\n How about all of us just thank God for another day and give him a break?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" God & I have a relationship. Right at the moment I\u2019m a little angry at God but not so much that I\u2019ve turned my back on him. He knows why I\u2019m angry and that I have faith perhaps everything was, or will be, for the best. I\u2019m willing to acknowledge he knows more than I … <\/p>\n