"And the waters covered their enemies: there was not a one of them left.
Then believed they his words; they sang his praise."
Psalms 106:11-12
It seems like God proves himself over and over again to us, but we still can't piece together than he really is there. :) We doubt in the face of mountains of evidence. :) The Israelites were saved from slavery and from the horror of battle by a clear miracle... and still, in the verse following our selection, they forget him all over again. Why, I wonder, is it so hard for us to believe and trust? I think one of the reasons is that we have to work for it. :) We want every moment with God to be like the miracle at the Red Sea... dramatic, saving us from something that we can't handle. The minute God saves us we start thinking about the next thing he can save us from. :) Instead of working towards a goal, we goof off, neglect our responsibilities, and then we wonder why God didn't step in and save us from ourselves yet again. God isn't going to protect us from life... because we are here for a reason. He wants to teach us, not shelter us from learning. And yet, over and over again, he does give us the miracles. The second and ninety-fifth chances... the clean slate to start over again. He does everything to help us learn... but sometimes we just don't want to learn. We just want to stay in our little comfort zones where we don't have to deal with anything difficult. So that is the question then... who do we want to be? Are we going to take the challenge and learn all that we can, or are we going to attempt to stay the way we are? Choices are scary, but necessary, as we become more than we are.
Then believed they his words; they sang his praise."
Psalms 106:11-12
It seems like God proves himself over and over again to us, but we still can't piece together than he really is there. :) We doubt in the face of mountains of evidence. :) The Israelites were saved from slavery and from the horror of battle by a clear miracle... and still, in the verse following our selection, they forget him all over again. Why, I wonder, is it so hard for us to believe and trust? I think one of the reasons is that we have to work for it. :) We want every moment with God to be like the miracle at the Red Sea... dramatic, saving us from something that we can't handle. The minute God saves us we start thinking about the next thing he can save us from. :) Instead of working towards a goal, we goof off, neglect our responsibilities, and then we wonder why God didn't step in and save us from ourselves yet again. God isn't going to protect us from life... because we are here for a reason. He wants to teach us, not shelter us from learning. And yet, over and over again, he does give us the miracles. The second and ninety-fifth chances... the clean slate to start over again. He does everything to help us learn... but sometimes we just don't want to learn. We just want to stay in our little comfort zones where we don't have to deal with anything difficult. So that is the question then... who do we want to be? Are we going to take the challenge and learn all that we can, or are we going to attempt to stay the way we are? Choices are scary, but necessary, as we become more than we are.
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