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WindWalker
Senior Member

since 2001-10-12

Posts 1218

0 posted 2006-04-08 06:25 PM

How often have I heard people
tell me of their blessings from God
and equally often have I wondered about that!

I’ve been hard up for money at times
and had to work odd jobs
or find supplemental income in garbage bins
and other places where refuse finds refuge –
anything I could use, I would use
and anything I could sell, I’d sell.

Some would say God was blessing me
by directing me to those garbage bins
where useful things had been discarded
and there may well have been a time
I was inclined to believe that.

But I’ve also found money lying on the streets
and been told that money is the root of all evil –
Ah, then those gifts could not be of God
but of the evil one they call “Satan”
for why would God bless me with evil things?

I’ve thought about this some more –
and concluded that both are vying for my attention,
giving me rejects and crumbs from a crumbling society
built upon the dreams of two powerful divinities,
two powerful enemies; two “divine” and utter fools
who would destroy a world and everything in it
in their insane quest for control.

It’s truly an interesting concept –
that what we assume are blessings
are really nothing more than bribes,
little ones for those who need little,
big ones for those who lust for power.

Of course, there is a simpler explanation:
I got off my ass and went looking so I wouldn’t go hungry?
Try that on for size.

ThisDiamond
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-02-22

Posts 9353
Michigan, USA

1 posted 2006-04-08 06:31 PM

Smiling here...because every good parent lets us draw our own conclusions.

Midnitesun

Member Empyrean

since 2001-05-18

Posts 28647
Gaia

2 posted 2006-04-08 06:32 PM

I love it!
am putting this in my library

StevenS
Senior Member

since 2005-09-21

Posts 945
L. A. (Lower Alabama)

3 posted 2006-04-08 07:05 PM

I thought it was the "Love of money" that was evil? :-)

Musicmaker1969

Senior Member

since 2000-06-25

Posts 589
Peterborough, Ontario Canada

4 posted 2006-04-09 01:56 AM

God's blessings come in many shapes and sizes. I have been a Christian for 24 years of my life now, I'm 37, and I have had money in bills float right in front of me when I needed milk and bread for the week. I've also had to go to food banks to get me through. God works in mysterious ways and I hope you will learn that no matter how you get by, they are blessings, not just little matters or coincidences in life. Remember the song, Turn, Turn, Turn, - to everything there is a season and a purpose under Heaven.

Blessings,
Sheri Adams

Jesus lives in my heart! He can in yours too!!!
Sheri Liegh Adams
sheriliegh@sympatico.ca

Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

5 posted 2006-04-09 02:33 AM

God gives life - what more can we ask? Enjoyed your ponderings again, WindWalker! It seems as if you're on a questioning quest and that is certainly a worthwhile endeavour - in my humble opinion.

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