I think I have a hard time feeling that I am worthy of His consideration. But after reading these chapters, I see that it is not really about me in that sense. It's all about God and the fact that I am HIS creation. That makes me worth His while.
Posted by
Marge
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14 Jun 2008, 09:52
Is this believing there is a God, or believing what he's trying to say to us? I didn't have a strong religious background growing up. Left the church at age 14 and didn't return until my first child was born when I was 37. And then, only because I made a deal with God that if he would save my son (6 week preemie and everything wrong in the world), I would raise him in the church. That's truly the only reason I went back to the church. And THEN, the Lord took over. And he has been working with me ever since. I like to think I'm not a finished product. That's he's still working on me. And I'm with Marge, in my prayes I even tell God I know how unworthy I am. I'm sure God knows whether that's true or not, or to what degree.
Posted by
Sandra
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14 Jun 2008, 14:30
Actually, I've had a hard time once or twice with questions and wondering what they pertained to and it has suddenly dawned on me to go back to the chapter. The bad thing about reading more than one at a time is we sometimes loose focus as we move on to other topics. Anyway, in Chapter 2 the Title is To Know God and Believe Him. She quotes "No eye has seen,/no ear has heard,/no mind has conceived/what God has prepared for those who love him." She says God wants to do in your life what your mind has never conceived. So can we believe this? Can we even understand how much he has planned for us that is totally beyond our imagination.
Posted by
Marge
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14 Jun 2008, 15:08
My biggest obstacle is that I don't believe that God is worried about the details in my life, that's He more worried about the big picture things like life and death, not like whether I do well in my class or have a good day at work...
I think I have a hard time feeling that I am worthy of His consideration. But after reading these chapters, I see that it is not really about me in that sense. It's all about God and the fact that I am HIS creation. That makes me worth His while.
Posted by Marge — 14 Jun 2008, 09:52
Is this believing there is a God, or believing what he's trying to say to us? I didn't have a strong religious background growing up. Left the church at age 14 and didn't return until my first child was born when I was 37. And then, only because I made a deal with God that if he would save my son (6 week preemie and everything wrong in the world), I would raise him in the church. That's truly the only reason I went back to the church. And THEN, the Lord took over. And he has been working with me ever since. I like to think I'm not a finished product. That's he's still working on me. And I'm with Marge, in my prayes I even tell God I know how unworthy I am. I'm sure God knows whether that's true or not, or to what degree.
Posted by Sandra — 14 Jun 2008, 14:30
Actually, I've had a hard time once or twice with questions and wondering what they pertained to and it has suddenly dawned on me to go back to the chapter. The bad thing about reading more than one at a time is we sometimes loose focus as we move on to other topics. Anyway, in Chapter 2 the Title is To Know God and Believe Him. She quotes "No eye has seen,/no ear has heard,/no mind has conceived/what God has prepared for those who love him." She says God wants to do in your life what your mind has never conceived. So can we believe this? Can we even understand how much he has planned for us that is totally beyond our imagination.
Posted by Marge — 14 Jun 2008, 15:08
My biggest obstacle is that I don't believe that God is worried about the details in my life, that's He more worried about the big picture things like life and death, not like whether I do well in my class or have a good day at work...
Posted by Patty — 18 Jun 2008, 17:24