I can't seem to reach anyone who believes in God and I know that some of you do. I'd really appreciate your feedback on my situation and your belief on how God does (or doesn't) manage our path, give us clues, etc
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Well, not sure how helpful I will be as I'm not a divine intervntionalist...but I do believe in God. Basically that means I don't believe in the idea of God placing together particular circumstances or things "happening for a reason" in any divinely mediated way - I still definitely do believe we can find meaning and reason in things that happen, though. If that makes any sense. ;)
I also am a firm believer that we can only play the cards that are dealt to us, and from those the ones we can look at now. I struggle with this myself, but I'm working on trusting myself to know that I make good decisions. Sometimes when I need more information, I just have to put the situation aside and into God's care. I work on trusting that once the next pieces of information do come (and generally involves me seeking them out!) I will be able to move forward as needed. But, basically what I'm trying to say, is don't worry too much until you know there is something to worry about. And trust that even if something worry-worthy were to come along, that even then it is not a perpetually horrible state - there are always choices to navigate, degrees of badness of various situations, etc etc.
I'm not sure if that's at all helpful in the least. But know I'm sending good thoughts and will send my non-interventionalist prayers (for what they're worth) your direction, asking for health for you and also for comfort and clarity to come regarding your situation.
Like I said - intellectually I'm not so much with the idea of a God that places things in certain ways - primarily because the world is such a mess that if God were spending valuable God energy on arranging something like this to tell me that I have colon cancer, while wars are raging, children dying of hunger, genocides occuring - I really think I'd have to tell God to get God's priorities straight! :)
I do try to talk to God, and when I can get through the din somewhere in it I hear a quiet, sure voice that says - "You are well." Part of the problem is that anxiety disorders make your brain very noisy and so there are a lot of competing voices, most of them much louder. The loudest says I'm dying. The second loudest tells me to go to a doctor just to be sure (which I will.)
The problem with the quiet sure voice is that I believe that essentially, spiritually, we are always well - and so that's not the best way to determine if God is telling me I'm physically well. :) I think with a diagnosis of terminal cancer one could talk to God and get the message that all is well. :)
Thank you for your non-interventionist prayers. I really apprecaite it.
All shall be well and all shall be well and all manner of things shall be well. Sometimes good ole' Julian of Norwich's words chanted over and over help me to calm the tangled thoughts in my own head. ;)
Well, not sure how helpful I will be as I'm not a divine intervntionalist...but I do believe in God. Basically that means I don't believe in the idea of God placing together particular circumstances or things "happening for a reason" in any divinely mediated way - I still definitely do believe we can find meaning and reason in things that happen, though. If that makes any sense. ;)
I also am a firm believer that we can only play the cards that are dealt to us, and from those the ones we can look at now. I struggle with this myself, but I'm working on trusting myself to know that I make good decisions. Sometimes when I need more information, I just have to put the situation aside and into God's care. I work on trusting that once the next pieces of information do come (and generally involves me seeking them out!) I will be able to move forward as needed. But, basically what I'm trying to say, is don't worry too much until you know there is something to worry about. And trust that even if something worry-worthy were to come along, that even then it is not a perpetually horrible state - there are always choices to navigate, degrees of badness of various situations, etc etc.
I'm not sure if that's at all helpful in the least. But know I'm sending good thoughts and will send my non-interventionalist prayers (for what they're worth) your direction, asking for health for you and also for comfort and clarity to come regarding your situation.
Peace be with you,
sheryl
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Like I said - intellectually I'm not so much with the idea of a God that places things in certain ways - primarily because the world is such a mess that if God were spending valuable God energy on arranging something like this to tell me that I have colon cancer, while wars are raging, children dying of hunger, genocides occuring - I really think I'd have to tell God to get God's priorities straight! :)
I do try to talk to God, and when I can get through the din somewhere in it I hear a quiet, sure voice that says - "You are well." Part of the problem is that anxiety disorders make your brain very noisy and so there are a lot of competing voices, most of them much louder. The loudest says I'm dying. The second loudest tells me to go to a doctor just to be sure (which I will.)
The problem with the quiet sure voice is that I believe that essentially, spiritually, we are always well - and so that's not the best way to determine if God is telling me I'm physically well. :) I think with a diagnosis of terminal cancer one could talk to God and get the message that all is well. :)
Thank you for your non-interventionist prayers. I really apprecaite it.
-Sara
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Take care. :)
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