Touching God Above Our Bridge
...Standing on our bridge, we would lean backwards over the railings, and with heads thrown back, we would take in this glory until I feared my heart would burst and spill itself out into the abyss...
Posts tagged ‘God’
Jun 21
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Is Your God Omnipotent?
So I finally watched the season finale of survivor (no cable and no satellite always puts me a little behind). This season what was especially interesting for me, as a Christian, was to see Matt going through so much and being so open about his relationship with God. I suppose everybody who watches survivor really relates to a particular individual at one time or another.
I started reading Jeff Probst’s blog about Survivor soon after Matt was sent to Redemption Island. At that time, there was a lot of footage shown of Matt praying and of him talking about God’s will. On one of Jeff’s blogs, an atheist commented that, if there were such a being, God would have more important things to do than worry about how well this kid does on Survivor. I wasn’t at all surprised to see that kind of statement from an atheist.
What did surprise me is that some Christians were saying the same thing. It was surprising to see it on commentary by Christians. But it was a shock to hear someone I know say, “God doesn’t care how Matt does on Survivor!” Really? What immediately came to my mind were all the contractors with their vans and ads that shout out, “No Job Is Too Big Or Too Small!”
If you believe that about your plumber,
how can you not believe that about your God? Continue Reading…
What is the lesson of a “bright and beautiful day”?
When I was 20, I worked in Washington, D.C., which was about 50 miles from my home. Those miles translated to at least an hour and a half commute each day, each way. However many years later (wouldn’t you like to know!), I can still get a clear mental picture of the van and my fellow commuters, some of whom were more colorful than others. For example, there was this one man in my vanpool that started each ride with, “What a bright and beautiful day!” Come rain or come shine, “What a bright and beautiful day!” And then he told every woman on the van how beautiful she looked. I mean, this was a guy who tackled each day with a positive, grateful-to-be-alive attitude. And he meant it, too!
The rest of us thought it was really annoying. Continue Reading…
steadily skipping stones 