I heard a guy on the radio today. New Orleans is his home. His house and family were spared from any serious damage. He said, "God really blessed us!"
This is a common response when God does something "good" for us. And I put good in quotes because I think our definition is too short sighted and therefore flawed.
Here's my question for you. If God really "blessed" this man the way he thinks God "blessed" him, what does that say for everyone else who lost everything?
What do you think?
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I suppose that an "odd" believer caught up in the New Orleans disaster who had lost home and family could say the same thing: "God has really blessed me!" - since all things have come through God's hands in order for this man's good and God's own glory.
And yet while the "shortsightedness" of people is flawed, I don't think that it is necessarily wrong. Mourning or rejoicing because of extreme circumstances such as life and death in the midst of tragedy is very human. God did bless this man with life and the lives of his family in a way that he did not bless people in N.O. who lost family. Just as God has blessed North Point Community Church in a way in which he has not blessed the Foundry. But both are loved and cared for and both receive what is best for them. So ultimately, I suppose, both are equally blessed. We usually view "blessing," however, as a short-term thing. We rarely talk about the blessing of a job loss or a disease unless it is in our looking back and seeing God's hand working in the lives and through our circumstances - a realization gained through hindsight of what a blessing it ultimately was.
Yet even then, "blessing" seems to me to be a shortsighted, human thing whenever we speak of it. It is always a description of perceived giftedness. We rarely use it as Christ does in the Beatitudes.
Enough of my babble.
Hope you're doing well. See you tomorrow, Reid.
Hey, thanks for posting a comment on my page!!!! I have not been on this site is so long. I guess Brian is distracting because he seems to make life seem so much more free, and my obligations seem like such trivial burdens, and he makes me less stressed out and happier. He is very nice to me and is very outgoing and fun to hang around. He is distracting because I always think of him and want to be around him or talk to him. As of now, I have sorted out my feelings on this subject better, so it is all ok. Thanks a bunch for your comment.
Hey saaski! Thanks for posting a comment. I didn't expect to hear from you, it's been such a long time since I commented on your post.
Glad you've sorted things out.
I think we all long to love and be loved. That is the most vulnerable thing I can imagine. When we make ourselves available, open to be loved we make ourselves vulnerable to rejection at the same time. But in my experiences love is worth the share of rejection that has come my way in the journey.
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