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bravesaintash

C'est La Vie

Feb 19, 2010 12:46

Ash Wednesday was a particularly mournful one for me. In addition to meditating on the ashes-to-ashes bit, there was also the extremely uncomfortable realization that, for the most part, my highest dreams in life were shifting swiftly into the "unlikely to ever happen" category ( Read more... )

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bigsleepj February 20 2010, 05:05:44 UTC

What if this doesn't work out either? What if it will simply NEVER work out for us? What if by some cruel turn of fate or destiny or, if you rather, predestination we are meant to be one of those suffering servant types who never achieves their goal? What if our ultimate purpose is to be a moral to our kids ("don't let this happen to you")?

Then it wont work out. It is far better to try and reach your goals and failing than fearing failure and never try them. The uncertainty of "what could" and "I could have done that if I tried" will eat you alive unless you rule it out. And try to go for it. You may be surprised by the results.

kimchi_pancakes February 21 2010, 19:56:41 UTC

I agree. Those "what ifs" can certainly suck the life out of everything. Just do what God is leading you to do and He will take care of the details (funding, employment, ministry opportunities).

bravesaintash February 22 2010, 14:59:37 UTC

You know, I don't mean to be snarky or rude, but "following God's lead" hasn't exactly worked out so well for me or my family. Let's review, shall we ( ... )

kimchi_pancakes February 23 2010, 03:17:57 UTC

I think you misunderstood my intentions possibly. I didn't mean to imply that everything would work out as planned or in the way that you would want. Or that you should just sit back and wait and not do anything proactive ( ... )

bravesaintash February 23 2010, 03:38:19 UTC

Well, mmisunderstood intentions or even cloudy interpretations are an inherent danger in communicating over the internet, where tone, facial expression, and all the other cues we use in real life simply vanish.

I can understand your point, and even your desire to want to be encouraging. I just hope you can understand why maybe I'd be a little tired of hearing "God will work it out" by now. Even if you didn't mean it as a cliche bandaid, far too many other people have, and I just finally couldn't take it anymore, I felt like I had to say something.

I'm glad, truly I am, that you have been growing deeper in your relationship with Christ through these trials. Honestly, I'm just not there yet. Sometimes I wonder if I ever will be.

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