Samantha Rinne
Resident Genderfluid Writer/Artist
"Then I would believe." Right?
Well, no. You wouldn't. And that's because anyone who wants God to pop into view and play the magic trick game, probably doesn't actually understand why they would want to see God in the first place. In fact, some of them would either vent for several hours about everything God has done wrong, or try to kill Him.
In other words, you are challenging God. You are telling him to show up at 3 am or 5 pm (or the twelfth of never) and duel with you.
There's an old joke. It goes something like this. A man is caught in a flood, and he prays "please God, come save me." A boat comes along, and he's like "No thanks, I'm waiting for God to save me." A helicopter comes along, and the same deal. He dies, and he's like "God, why didn't you save me?" Yeah ummm, you rejected the helicopter and the boat.
The truth is, God mostly shows himself in a few ways. I mean, there's dreams, there's the various people God speaks through (too many stories to mention), there's nature (I one time walked away from a church policy I didn't like, and got drenched in a rainstorm), there's symbols (almost too many but one time my sister had me find her some poultry, and I couldn't find the specific kind, and the next day I found an item at the place I worked, a video called Wild Goose Chase), and so on. But we're looking for someone with a sign over them saying "This Is God"? Yeah, nobody would reveal themselves that way even as a normal person (think of how many ppl online use a persona).
So yeah, I have a "poll" below that doesn't allow any denial mode. The only way you will accept God this way is if you've actually decided that really is what you want. As long as you're in "prove yourself worthy, God" mode, you will never accept what you're looking for. The End.
Prove me wrong! I need you to show up right now and convince me that I'm mistaken!
(Nah, I'm messing with you. The first person to respond gets to decide what this thread is about instead. It's 3 am, so have a song)
Well, no. You wouldn't. And that's because anyone who wants God to pop into view and play the magic trick game, probably doesn't actually understand why they would want to see God in the first place. In fact, some of them would either vent for several hours about everything God has done wrong, or try to kill Him.
In other words, you are challenging God. You are telling him to show up at 3 am or 5 pm (or the twelfth of never) and duel with you.
There's an old joke. It goes something like this. A man is caught in a flood, and he prays "please God, come save me." A boat comes along, and he's like "No thanks, I'm waiting for God to save me." A helicopter comes along, and the same deal. He dies, and he's like "God, why didn't you save me?" Yeah ummm, you rejected the helicopter and the boat.
The truth is, God mostly shows himself in a few ways. I mean, there's dreams, there's the various people God speaks through (too many stories to mention), there's nature (I one time walked away from a church policy I didn't like, and got drenched in a rainstorm), there's symbols (almost too many but one time my sister had me find her some poultry, and I couldn't find the specific kind, and the next day I found an item at the place I worked, a video called Wild Goose Chase), and so on. But we're looking for someone with a sign over them saying "This Is God"? Yeah, nobody would reveal themselves that way even as a normal person (think of how many ppl online use a persona).
So yeah, I have a "poll" below that doesn't allow any denial mode. The only way you will accept God this way is if you've actually decided that really is what you want. As long as you're in "prove yourself worthy, God" mode, you will never accept what you're looking for. The End.
Prove me wrong! I need you to show up right now and convince me that I'm mistaken!
(Nah, I'm messing with you. The first person to respond gets to decide what this thread is about instead. It's 3 am, so have a song)
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