We are still in Beta.

>I know this is long but I think it’s good.<

Ok so this might not make perfect sense, but I understand what I’m saying so just try to follow along and let me ramble. It is my Blog after all. Haha.

So I was sitting in church 2 weeks ago and something the pastor said made me think of this. I don’t remember what he said but I wrote down the idea it gave me because I liked the idea.

Lots of people blame God for either making something happen, or letting it happen. Now right off the bat this is wrong. See God doesn’t make bad things happen. He let’s them, but it’s for your own good. This is where most of us view it wrong, including me a lot of the time. See God will let bad things happen, because he is a warrior at heart. Let’s delve into this subject. (I said delve. Wow.)

As I talked about in the last post God is our deliverer. He wants to rescue us. Now tell me how can he rescue us if we never see the bad things affect us? Can he rescue us then? Yes and No, I think. See he could rescue us before something happens, but we wouldn’t see the rescue. I’m sure he does this but we don’t see it. Now if he lets the bad thing happen and then pulls us out, therefore delivering us, we can see him at work.

An example. So go back a few centurys, and say there is a knight, a princess and a dragon. (This is how all good stories go) So view exhibit A.

A. A Princess is on a nice long ride on her horse through the forest. Little does she know she is heading towards the dragons cave. Lets call him Nogard. So Nogard is in his cave when he hears the princess approaching on her horse. Unbeknownst to both the princess and the dragon a knight (who has a fancy for the princess) is following her. He happens to see Nogard but the princess does not. So using his quick decision making skills he rides ahead kills Nogard, thus saving the princess, rides back towards the princess, sets up a detour and leaves. The princess (not the brightest of the bunch) does not realize any of this and a short while later arrives home never suspecting anything.

Exhibit B. The Princess is on yet another nice long horse ride through the forest. Little does she know she is heading towards another dragons cave. Lets call this one Snog. So Snog hears the princess approaching on her horse and plans to scare her. The princess (being small minded) still does not know about her pursuer, the knight. So the knight follows the princess until the dragon attacks. He has seen Snog the dragon from quite a distance back. He sits back, knowing Snog is not one to eat princess’s often, but it could happen. So after watching Snog blow flames, beat his chest and do other dragon like things, and after watching the princess cower in fear, cry, scream, wince, and do other scared princess like things he rides into action. He makes a great show of beating back the “foul beast” and finally killing it. He then runs to the princess sweeps her off of her feet and asks if she is alright. Upon hearing that she is fine except for some wet cheeks he sets her on his horse, hops on behind her and they ride home.

Now my question is, which story did you like better? A or B, and no saying I’m bad at writing is not an answer. Sorry, but ignore that for a second. Personally I think B is a lot more entertaining.

This is what I picture God doing for us. A or B. Him being the knight that we don’t know of is rescuing us half of the time. The other half he makes a great show of rescuing us and sweeps us off of our feet. Yes in between there is a great deal of us complaining and whining “God why did you let this happen? How could you?!? Where are you?” etc. etc. But as I just showed, how can God really show us himself if he doesn’t let it happen? And God most definitely did not MAKE this happen. He allowed it so that it could be used for his greater good, but he did not make it happen.

I know this is long but a few more things. Yes at times the situation might seem worse. Nogard, or Snog might actually be a human eating dragon, we might sustain a few scrapes, a broken bone, or in actually causes hurt feelings, a lost friend, a divorce etc. No I’m not saying this is good. I’m not saying God wants you to get hurt, but I am saying he wants to rescue you. No matter what your situation is he wants to rescue you, or at least help you. There might be some instances where Snog, or Nogard are not flesh eating and you can be a Tom-Boy Princess. You can pull a sword from your horse and join the knight in scaring that dragon out of its whits.

So the conclusion. God wants to rescue you. God doesn’t make bad things happen. God wants to help you get through these bad situations. That is what I am saying. Just remember God is always there helping you, whether you see him or not.

Deliver me

The Deliverer

Deliverence

Have you ever looked at these words?

Have you ever thought about what they mean?

God delivered you. Most people read that and picture Jesus dying on the cross, they don’t think much of it. They don’t put the full picture behind it. I do it. But think about it. Deliver. Wow. If someone delivers you thats amazing. When I read “He delivered them” I think of something like a huge war and one side winning, delivering. But for some reason I don’t picture that with Jesus. It just doesn’t seem that amazing. But it is! God had to die. He was dead for 3 days! Who knows other than him what it was like? Who knows what happened to him while dead. What he had to go through to deliver us.

Basically in this Christmas season I just wanted to reflect on the deliverer and what he did for us. Reflect on how he delivered us. Picture him as that commander leading armies into a war that will deliver us from the evil one. Deliver us from slavery. Deliver.

148.

The number stared at me as I ran Thunderbird; the email program I use. 15 of 148, 16 of 148, 17 of 148.
“Wow, that’s a lot of email”

And I hadn’t even started to read it. Let alone reply to it! I didn’t know if it was worth it. 2 weeks and 3 days of no email and this is what I ended up with, a lot of catching up to do. Other than the email at the end it had been great. In the past 2 weeks I had gotten to relax so much. No having to worry about checking email, or updating my site. Plus I didn’t slack off and procrastinate on my homework so I got a lot more done, but as the computer beeped at me saying that the email had finished downloading I wondered if it was worth it.

“Was I really any better off? Was life better because I didn’t have to worry? Was it worse? Did I get closer to God?”

Yes and No. I hadn’t been any better off, or it didn’t seem like it. Life might have seemed simpler but was it really easier? I might have gotten closer to God, but I sure didn’t feel like it. I guess doing this just taught me to be thankful for things like the computer. For time alone with God. For being able to talk to friends in person. For relaxation, even when it doesn’t seem like relaxation. Basically I learned “Everything in Moderation” as they say. No computer didn’t make it better off for me, it was the same, being on the computer all the time didn’t make me better off either.

So

Basically I need to compute in moderation. Let’s hope I will continue to do that. Now back to that email.