PDL Chapter 2 Question
"I know that God uniquely created me. What areas of my personality, background, and physical appearance am I struggling to accept?"
Responding to a question with a question is not always the best tactic but something in my nature ...
Under the present assumption, should I have difficulty accepting any part of my personality, background, and physical appearance? If I have difficulty with anything it is playing Doubting Thomas when it comes to the Lord's design.
So here I go then, questioning the Lord. Or more precisely, casting doubt on the premise that "God prescribed every single detail of [my] body" (The Purpose Driven Life, p. 22).
With such attention to detail God would know the outcome of each and every life. That makes sense because He is omniscient, after all. So then what is the point of free will? Take salvation, for instance. God already knows who is going to reject Him and who is going to come to Him. Were some people created with this in mind?
This is a huge grey area, if you ask me (and no one did), whereas Chapter 2 of PDL makes the issue very black and white. At the risk of violating the 2nd Commandment, it makes more sense that the Lord has an overall plan or design for Man but isn't too specific unless it suits His needs. Like any father, He lets his children explore and grow and make their own choices but gives rules and guidance. A real relationship cannot be planned or forced. It happens as a choice between unique individuals. Assuming as the PDL asserts that the Lord was exceptionally specific in my creation decreases the joy I feel from my Father's love.
So what am I struggling to accept? Any aspect of my behavior that comes from free will and does not honor the Lord. My background, appearance, and personality are all unique parts of me that I bring to my relationship with God and therefore are not things acknowledge rather than accept.
Responding to a question with a question is not always the best tactic but something in my nature ...
Under the present assumption, should I have difficulty accepting any part of my personality, background, and physical appearance? If I have difficulty with anything it is playing Doubting Thomas when it comes to the Lord's design.
"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future" (Jerimiah 29:11).Jerimiah was directly referencing the Jews in Babylon here, but this is a lesson that applies to all of God's children. Certainly I have free will (and all the trouble that entails) to pose this question, however it just doesn't seem right to challenge God in this fashion.
So here I go then, questioning the Lord. Or more precisely, casting doubt on the premise that "God prescribed every single detail of [my] body" (The Purpose Driven Life, p. 22).
With such attention to detail God would know the outcome of each and every life. That makes sense because He is omniscient, after all. So then what is the point of free will? Take salvation, for instance. God already knows who is going to reject Him and who is going to come to Him. Were some people created with this in mind?
This is a huge grey area, if you ask me (and no one did), whereas Chapter 2 of PDL makes the issue very black and white. At the risk of violating the 2nd Commandment, it makes more sense that the Lord has an overall plan or design for Man but isn't too specific unless it suits His needs. Like any father, He lets his children explore and grow and make their own choices but gives rules and guidance. A real relationship cannot be planned or forced. It happens as a choice between unique individuals. Assuming as the PDL asserts that the Lord was exceptionally specific in my creation decreases the joy I feel from my Father's love.
So what am I struggling to accept? Any aspect of my behavior that comes from free will and does not honor the Lord. My background, appearance, and personality are all unique parts of me that I bring to my relationship with God and therefore are not things acknowledge rather than accept.
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