Is God An Aspirin?
"Trust
in the LORD with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding; In all
your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths.” – Proverbs 3:5-6.
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I recall
one lady who complained bitterly to me, saying in a mournful tone, "I
can't understand why God gave me such a terrible husband."
"Who
chose your husband?" I asked.
"God,"
she said, totally convinced in her mind that He did.
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There was
nothing I could do to get this extremely unhappy woman to see that it wasn't
God who chose her husband, but it was she. With people like this it's,
"Don't confuse me with the facts, my mind's made up." Or, as another
saying goes, "A man/woman convinced against his/her will, is of the same
opinion still."
As said
before, unhappy people are attracted to other unhappy people and, if they
marry, they have unhappy marriages. The opposite is also true in that happy
people are attracted to happy people and when they marry, they have a much
greater chance of having a happy marriage. It has little, if anything to do
with God. It has to do with our facing our problems, resolving them, and
growing up. In any situation, yes, ask for His grace which is sufficient for
us.
Unfortunately,
some people, as John Powell describes them, treat God as if he were a giant
Bayer's aspirin pill with the prescription: "Take God three times a day
and you won't feel any pain."
Not so.
God will give us wisdom if we ask for it and guidance if we seek it, but when
we want or even expect God to do for us what we need to do for ourselves and
are responsible to do, we set ourselves up for disappointment with God, when in
reality, we need to be disappointed in ourselves.
For those
who say, "'Sorry, but that is the way I am. I was like this in the
beginning, am now, and ever shall be is a handy motto and delusion to have
around if we don't want to grow up.”…God (not Aspirin), please take care of
them.
"Dear God,
please help me to be made whole so that my lifestyle, actions, attitudes, and
relationships are responsible and wholesome. Thank You for hearing and
answering my prayer in Jesus' name, Amen!"
Blessed Day!
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