manupmen left the following question under the contact section of my blog: If God loved the cardinal, why did He let it hit the car? Reference my earlier post: God Cares About my Troubles Your question is so valid. We people want God to keep everything rosy and perfect for us. You are concerned about the cardinal as I was. But God is seeing the world through a different set of eyes. His eyes are able to see beyond the tragedies and
Several years ago when I was struggling in a marriage that eventually failed, I was going through a time of depression and low morale. As I drove down the street that turned beside the Post Office in our town I was suddenly aware of two cardinals fluttering up and down immediately in front of me. One of the birds hit the hood of my car and dropped into the street. I immediately parked my car and got out to lift the
Romans 1:17 Click on this link to read the passage. You may select your preferred version of the Bible after the link opens. Where do you find your confidence? your security? your trust? your faith? Are these not one and the same? In this fast changing world we live in it is easy to become fretful when we find the cost of living rising so fast. We watch grocery and gasoline prices rise while our savings diminish and we feel
Hebrews 11:5-7 Click on this link to read the passage. You may select your preferred version of the Bible after the link opens. Verse 6 tells us that we cannot please God without faith. We must believe that God exists. If this verse were a stand-alone verse many pseudo Christians could claim they have faith because they believe there is some kind of god out there who does good things for people. But this is not the measure of faith
James 5:7-11 Click on this link to read the passage. You may select your preferred version of the Bible after the link opens. James teaches us to be patient when we go through suffering. How easy it is to turn to fretting instead of faith. We are reminded to think like the farmer who has to trust God to send the rain at the right time and trust God with the timing in our lives. It is also important for us to