what would you ask HIM/HER?

[Carolly]

Originally Posted by fuzzy butt

I supose It time for me to come clean as to why i asked this question.

I've asked this question of others in real life and I didn't expect all the answers that were given.

I was actually stunned to find that the answers reflected the desperation and sadness, and deeper thoughts of human beings.
I think we tend to fall into the trap of seeing God as an adult father Christmas. Like, If I'm good all year life will go smoothly for me , or I'll have all the answers because God will bless me more than anyone else.

I think we have to learn to turn that kind of thought process around.
I've seen on this board many threads pertaining to "friendship" and the qualities we aspire to in being a friend, and the qualities we expect in a friend. Friends can't change the world for us but they will sit with us and listen, understand us and be there for us when we need companionship. and if we are doing the right thing they will stand by us. How come we don't ever put these same qualities to god? why don't we see him as a friend instead of a "fix it man"?

personally I think it's insulting to God to ask all these questions of him. I think it's like giving him the position of a janitor in a large apartment buidling. Everyone calling him up to fix this and that. Always expecting him to come and do it. and if he doesn't get around to it, all hell breaks lose and there's complaints and grumbles and requests to fire him.

I'm not going to bible bash here . but I think you all should be rest assured that every single answer given here in this thread so far has already been asked of God in the bible.

Maybe it's time we saw him as a friend rather than the fix it man. Maybe he'd think of each and every one of us more if we thought of him a bit more as a friend.

The next time we are in trouble or sad or confused maybe we should not ask questions but only ask him to sit with us for a bit..................there's strength in that.


and here endeth the lesson

Excellent post love......excellent.I know the questions I asked but also I know we are not puppets and are given a free will.......but there again some dont.A baby in arms that is harmed has no free will and nor have so many.Yes some of us make some real crap mistakes in our lives and expect God to undue them.Something happened to me some years ago that I dont talk about that much and was the most incredible experience I have ever encounterd.Silly I guess but even as I type this the memory's bring tears to my eyes and I dont know why.It was the most Spiritual encounter I could ever have dreamed of and my life changed at that point in so many ways and also those around me.I have spoken to Ted I believe on a thread about this and also have shown him poetry that seemed to come from nowhere as upto that point poetry was something I had always mocked.The thing is we are all human and have human feelings and at times cant help certain feelings towards another even though we know we are wrong doing so.We all make mistakes in this path of life but hopefully one day find our way and get to understand the answers to so much.

[Ted]

Carolly

Good post.

I think the one thing that has very negatively influenced western society is this nonsense of original sin. It gives all humans who buy into that, negative feelings about themselves and their world.

It is time to accept the fact that we are human and as such prone, sometimes, to doing stupid things. Does God see most of these as "sin"? I don't think so.

According to the myth of creation "God saw all that He had made and behold it was good, very good".

Some complain that they have evil thoughts. Where do these come from? Actually they are the result of our hormones over which we have no control. We actually chastise ourselves for being human, the way God made us??!! Good grief I was raised to the idea that playing cards or dancing or going to the show were evil. Heaven forbid that we enjoy this wonderful and sacred thing we call life. Drinking wine was evil when Jesus himself drank wine and probably went to the local pub on Thursday evenings with the boys. Some will argue that it was not fermented wine Jesus drank however the Greek says otherwise.

We are humans and we were created in God's image and were given life to enjoy. Jesus came that we might have life more abundantly.

May God preserve me from the above nonsense.

Shalom
Ted