Archive for January, 2007
Ask more questions… (Updated)
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I’ve always tended to be a person that didn’t ask enough questions. Or at least the right ones. For example, I called the dance studio when there was ice to see if my daughter’s class was canceled, but I did not think to ask whether or not she would able to make the class up on another day. In the past I have had doctors who would simply hand me a prescription after peeking in my ears, nose and throat - without offering a diagnosis — and my initial reaction was to say “okay.” It would occur to me later that I never asked what I had. Combine that with the fact that I actually do a whole lot of talking (just not a lot of asking) and you can easily understand how it is that I miss out on a lot of information.
This extends to other areas of my life as well. If I run into the mother of an old friend at the grocery store, I will probably ask: 1.)”How are you?” and 2.)”How is ____?” Later I’ll realize (often in the middle of telling another friend about the encounter) that I didn’t »» Ask more questions… (Updated)
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“That’s not fair!”
When we were growing up, my brother and I, one of our favorite things to say (as I’m sure is true of most kids) was “but that’s not faaaaairrrr!” - you know, with the head thrown back and the feet dragging on the carpet.
My mom’s response was always the same. “Where in the bible does it say that life is fair?” Oooh, we hated that. But she was right.
God is a just god (Deut. 32:4, Isa.5:16, Luke 18:7). God is right and true (Ps. 48:10, 2 Sam. 22:31, Proverbs 30:5) . God is pure and holy (1 Sam. 2:2, Psalm 77:13, Psalm 99:5). But the bible never says that life is fair in the way that the world defines fair. In fact, the bible says that things will be different for God’s children–very “un-worldly” (John 14:27, John 15:19, John 17:16).
The bible does not say we’ll all get everything we want or think we need. It says that we will have what we need (Matt. 6:25-34, Phil:4:14-20) . It does not say that we will have as much as everybody else has. It tells us to be content with what God has given us, and to trust Him (Phil. 4:4-7,11-13; 1 Tim. 6:6-10, Heb. 13:1-6).
The bible instructs us not to envy or covet or be greedy. That goes for money, status, food, clothes, friends, abilities, relationships, or material possessions. »» “That’s not fair!”
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