Somewhere along the way we find the answers we seek, some are not what we want to hear, but often we knew that all along and just didn't want to admit it.
The latest sermon, praise & worship CD, teaching series, or motivational lecture take us as far as we want to go. What point is it that the words start to have real meaning and not just being repeated to convince ourselves?
Heard some amazing things, seen and experienced some even more so, been to places not supposed to go, sometimes done things that are not meant to be possible.
Where I stand now I am more convinced of God's hand in everything, and I do mean everything; those cataclysmic natural disasters, miraculous deliverences, atrocities, acts of true love, new born children, murder, beauty. All fits into GOD's plan.
At a time of deep sorrow accusations of attention seeking and trying to manipulate people. Sticking up for yourself seems to conflict with forgiveness. Encouragement to be cold hearted by people that talk of love, hope, joy. Seek those things from GOD. Unspoken pretext that people are inherently evil and never to be trusted or relied upon under any circumstances.
One day GOD is coming down here to make his place with us, are we going to welcome him or be crushed by HIS presence? Only one thing matters...