Sometimes it seems that I'm alone and there is no one else.
Sometimes in the silence I can feel God besides me.
There is a silence in the beauty of the universe which is like a noise when compared with the silence of God. Simone Weil |
One of the things that has brought me joy is God's acceptans of me for who I am.
He loves me the way I am, including my doubting and stubborn nature.
He loves me the way I am, including my doubting and stubborn nature.
How many times the voice that I have heard has said, not your will but mine.
How many times I have said, my will not yours. And repented it at the end.
How many times I have said, my will not yours. And repented it at the end.
There is my another cause for joy.
Although I may be stubborn and even stupidly so sometimes, I can always ask for wisdom from God.
It has been many times painful but I have learned that God does know better than I do.
Although I may be stubborn and even stupidly so sometimes, I can always ask for wisdom from God.
If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. James 1:5 The King James Version |
It has been many times painful but I have learned that God does know better than I do.
And He has Good reasons to do what He does.
Many times my answer would be to do what I want, choose what seems pleasing to my senses.
When I rebell against God I'm claiming myself equal to Him.
Man is certainly stark mad; he cannot make a worm, and yet he will be making gods by the dozens. Michel de Montaigne |
And there is another reason for such a profound joy.
His forgivess.
I never thought about rebellion making ourselves equal to God.
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