As we grow older, a lot of things we once valued aren’t as valuable to us as they once were. The way we thought the world works isn’t exactly how the world works. Is it that we have lost faith, or do we just see things for how they really are?
Being popular is more important than being smart… how silly of me.
Having things is more important than having assets… how silly of me.
Not realizing every mistake or sin is fear-based… how silly of me.
Trying to change people rather than being the change I want to see… how silly of me.
What have you realized that you have been silly of? How do you see the world now compared to when you were 18? 21?
*The soundtrack for today’s post is, “How Silly of Me,” by artist 607 (one half of the duo, earFear). You can hear more here.
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, or your George W. Bush circa 2005 Hurricane Katrina your life has been enveloped in the crisis in Haiti…
Well of course you’re getting hit from all sides on this tragedy.
Some people say don’t give because we are already giving money through income tax.
Some people say give because it’s right the right thing to do.
If there is an opinion on this issue, it has been voiced. And you have had a chance to weigh in on it.
But I must say their are two opinions that seems to pull me in every time.
One made by Pat Robertson of the 700 Club. Mr. Robertson has said on his show…
“Something happened a long time ago in Haiti and people might not want to talk about it,” the televangelist said. “And they got together and swore a pact to the Devil. They said, ‘We will serve you if you’ll get us free from the French.’ True story. And so the Devil said, ‘Okay, it’s a deal.’ . . . But ever since they have been cursed by one thing after another.”
So basically he’s saying they are cursed for what they did. I’m not a fan of this comment because it’s based on speculative history.
But this is the one that really got me.
Rev. Eric Toussaint while addressing his congregation is quoted as saying…
“Why give thanks to God? Because we are here,” “What happened is the will of God.”
Now I could be totally misreading his quotes and he may be saying that them surviving was the will of God, but it seems like he is saying the earthquake was the will of God. That is about as believable as the plot for the movie Legion.
I have to say I’m totally in disagreement with both men. I don’t believe that God goes around handing out punishment like water. God loves us. You can’t tell me in one breath God would give his only son so that the world be saved then go around killing people because he was angry with you or you made a pack with the devil.
What do you guys think? Was the earthquake the will of God?
I’m starting a new series this week… Unconditional Love. I want to ask you guys what you think about some things that would generally be deal breakers when it came being in a relationship. And lets find out if we can find a way to make these deal breakers work or should they stay deal breakers.
Our first discussion topics is can people of a different faith make it work?
Now you have two people. We’ll say a Muslim and a Christian. I don’t know the Muslim faith well so I can’t really say what they believe in. Can these two really make a relationship work? I mean aside from the obivious differences in the religions. Doesn’t this seem like a realtionship doomed for argument?
Practical things seem like they would become huge issues. Like how are the kids going to be raised? What do we do on Sunday? Somebody might not be willing to give up that pork…lol
But my big thing comes to tithing. Again I don’t know anything about Muslim faith, but I’m only assuming they don’t following tithing like a Christian would. As a man of the Christian faith, I believe tithing is critical. But what happens when funds get low and I’m willing to tithe before I pay my mortgage. Now if I’m with a person of a different faith that may cause a problem. Because tithing was okay with her until money got scarce, now it’s just an unneccessary expense. And seeing as how most divorce happens over money, that seems like one in the making.
So how would we make it work? Can we make it work? Can people of different faiths make it work?
What if it wasn’t something similar like Judiasm and Christianity? What if it were a Christian and a Devil Worshipper? Could they make it work? Let me know what you think.
