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WhtDove Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-22
Posts 9245Illinois 
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As I sat and pondered the idea of problems people have, a thought came to me. Everybody has problems, big ones, small ones, everyone has a burden they carry. To us they seem as big as mountains. Our feelings and emotions can leave us confused, hurt, lonely, and crushed. We seem to get so caught up in our problems sometimes, that it can be difficult to make simple decisions. Though some days are smoother that others, we always will have problems and difficult situations to deal with. We tend to forget other people have them as well. Our problems seem to corner us in our own little world, and we draw a shell around ourselves. We have all been hurt at one time or another and have had to deal with the pain. There is one more thing that came into my mind. For a moment, let's stop and put our worries and problems aside. Let's take a look at God for a moment. There are millions of people in the world, each of course, with their own problems. He hears them everyday. Each one, each call, each tear, every heartache, every fear. He keeps the world running, the seasons, day and night. Not to mention the rest that we don't comprehend. And yet He knows exactly how each person feels. He takes the time to listen to each one who calls upon Him. I for one, am glad I am not God! Compared to what He does and deals with, it makes our own problems seem Insignificant. I had to sit and wonder, in awe, at how He does it! He has so much to deal with and I am sure our problems, no matter how big to us, are quite small to Him. For Him, it is nothing to fix our problems. To us they are mountains, to Him just small hills. There is a story out there called The Burden. It made me stop and think about the burdens other people carry. When we stop and hear of what other people go through, it makes us feel fortunate. I makes you feel like your problems really are not so bad. |
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DreamEvil Member Elite
since 1999-06-22
Posts 2396 |
Interesting take on God's work. I think you hit the nail on the head in many ways. ------------------ Shall I indulge in flights of fancy hampered by clipped wings? DreamEvil© |
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Gentle Soul Member
since 1999-07-12
Posts 273Vinton,Ohio USA |
This is really good.. thank you for sharing *hugs* very true! ------------------ Gënt£ë¤§°û£ |
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JP Senior Member
since 1999-05-25
Posts 1343Loomis, CA |
Your deep thought reminds me of the parable of the mustard seed. A young woman who lost her son, was deeply in morning and it seemed she would never recover. She sought the help of Siddartha, the Buddah, to explain why such a terrible and unforgivable tragedy would fall upon her - losing her only son. Siddartha instructed the woman to go throughout the city, knocking on each door, and ask for a mustard seed from any family that had not lost a loved one. Long story short... she came back to the Buddah days later with no seeds at all, and she was in much greater spirits. It seems that as she went door to door, she began to understand that her troubles were not merely her own - everyone has difficulties and yet everyone seems to go on with their life in spite of those difficulties and tragedies... A lesson which could be well learned from many here... ------------------ Yesterday is ash, tomorrow is smoke; only today does the fire burn. JP |
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Ixtab Member
since 1999-06-23
Posts 105MEXICAlpan de las tunas |
hi Whtdve, I agree in the fact that humans do overblow most of thir preocupations; but the fact that they are universal should not be a justification to cast them aside like mustard seeds (forgive the expresion). There´s something else, why do we refer to God as he? God is (well i beleive) clearly not personal. Maybe if we ended thinking of God as a he it could lead to some insight about his true nature.(and understand that what God does is by no means a burden) greetings from the 13th heaven Ixtab |
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WhtDove Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-22
Posts 9245Illinois |
Thanks Dream and Gentle. JP, thanks for sharing that story. I was thinking Biblically on the parable of the mustard seed. And it didn't click. That was a good story. Ixtab, I didn't imply that we should cast our problems away! I was saying that sometimes they are not as bad as they seem, though we still need to deal with them. As far as not referring to God as a (he), I can't. He did come down in the flesh as man. He made man in His image. And I don't believe that I said God is a burden or gives us any. You miss understand what I write. God does not give burdens but takes ours away if we give it to him. I was saying he has to deal with many more problems than we do. That in his omnipotence he can do all, we cannot. |
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JP Senior Member
since 1999-05-25
Posts 1343Loomis, CA |
Hey WhtDove, The parable of the mustard seed is a Buddhist parable, probably a few centuries older than any New Testament parable. Don't get the wrong idea, the meaning of the parable isn't about the insignifigance of our problems, but merely to show that we are not alone in our difficulties - no one person has greater pain than another and the realization of that may help put a person's life in proper perspective. As far as referring to the Judeo-Christian God as a he or she or it - I think that has little or no bearing on a person's problem. Making a gender issue out of the nature of God is meaningless and futile - for after all, if that God is omnipotent, s/he could be any gender (if any) that s/he wanted to. ------------------ Yesterday is ash, tomorrow is smoke; only today does the fire burn. JP |
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WhtDove Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-22
Posts 9245Illinois |
JP...point taken...and your right they gender really don't make a difference as to the nature of our problems... I wanted to add something tho to make a point to Ixtab...It does refer to God as a him. He is called the FATHER!!! |
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Christopher
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-02
Posts 8296Purgatorial Incarceration |
Ok, assuming for the sake of arguement that there is a god. (I mock not your beliefs.) You said it perfectly, that each persons problems seem to be mountains, as I'm sure God's do to him/her/it/whatever. However, maybe he,(for the sake of brevity,) views our problems as more distressing than his. Do you think he ever suffers from a poor self-image, or psychosis, or any of the other million things that ail mankind? No, the god you are talking about is an all-powerful, all-seeing deity. Being such, the things he has to deal with, (seasons, our problems, the universe,) must seem paltry, perhaps even insignifigant. I think if God has problems, they must be of an order incomprehensible to us. Just, as any other's problems are incomprehensible to another. No one person can ever truly understand the problems of another person, because in order to do so, you would have to be able to think from that person's mind. So, while other's problems might make our own seem insignifigant, to them, ours probably appear the same. ------------------ I believe in the sand beneath my toes. The beach gives a feeling, an earthly feeling. I believe in the faith that grows. -Stephan Jenkins- |
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WhtDove Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-22
Posts 9245Illinois |
Christopher, I agree with you. Though I don't think that problems weigh God down. He is perfect, we are not. We will never do away with our problems, it's just that when for instance I get depressed over something, that I probably shouldn't, and I hear the problems of what some others go through. It makes me stop and think that mine could be much worse than they are. That I am thankful I am not in there situation. I don't claim to understand how they feel, but I can certainly sympathize with them. And yes, His ways are higher than our ways, and His thoughts Higher than ours...  |
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Severn Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-17
Posts 7704 |
You know, whiteDOve - you really are the voice of hope here. Your faith touches me, it really does. |
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WhtDove Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-22
Posts 9245Illinois |
Thank you Severn, that is quite the compliment. Though I only wish it was that strong! I have not lost my faith by any means, but I sure have been backsliding. Your comment is greatly appreciated!!!! |
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