even though God blesses us with so much (whether that's financially, or in school, or in sports, or in music, etc), too often those blessings just aren't enough for us. how insatiable is our selfishness?
something else i've been thinking about... there are so many things that i would prefer to be different in my life. personality. circumstances. ability. gifts. and along with the conviction that nothing in my life is the way it truly should be, i'm telling God what to do (which means i'm telling Him that i know so much more than He ever will). and what that means is that i see my ideal life as better than the life He's given me.
it's too easy to see the bad things in our lives. i'm fairly convinced that that's because we expect things to go well and to go just as we plan them to. when they do work out, everything's fine. but when they don't, something's DEFINITELY gotta change. but along with all the bad things that come along with whichever situation God has so wisely placed you in, we need to see all the benefits as well.
for example, usually when i play football with my friends, i'll catch myself wishing i was more athletically coordinated so i could play without embarrassing myself. but who can tell what kinds of things God's protecting me from by giving me fingers of butter? who's to say that i wouldn't start sleeping with footballs in my arms? who's to say that i'd be so much better off if God made me a different way?
if i can so freely ask God, "WHY?!"
i should at least be able to appreciate a "WHY NOT?"
Isaiah 55:8-9
8 "For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
neither are your ways my ways,"
declares the LORD.
9 "As the heavens are higher than the earth,
so are my ways higher than your ways
and my thoughts than your thoughts.
I'm so glad that SOMEONE here knows what's best for me.
:D
-spencer-
