mickiel
Well-Known Member
As I examine life and all that it has to offer, there still seems to be something missing. I have two good jobs, my son is doing well and I have a great girlfriend. My mom is a great woman, my sisters and brother loves me , I am 53 years old and have never been real sick. I am out of debt and free from any kind of slave mentality dealing with my Spiritual Understanding.
So I can't complain about anything, I mean its going ok, could be a whole lot worse, so I try to be content and thankful. There are humans living a whole lot worse in situations than I. But I just want to know more about God. I mean, the real unadulterated truth about him, and learn it from nobody BUT him. So thats the first thing I am expecting from God. I don't know God, but I sure would like to. I mean, if God is real, and I suspect that he is, he must be quite something, but he's just too laid back in revealing himself to a person. I can't seem to force a relationship with him. But in considering him, he is really quite something. The more I learn about him, the more I expect from him.
In Galations 5:22-23 is what I think is the best discription of God in the bible. Love, Joy, Peace, Goodness, Gentleness, Kindness, Faithfulness and Self Control. And you know what, I think we can expect these things from God. I grow so tired of hearing about Gods wrath, his anger, hell and punishment, that it sickens me. People seem to think those are Gods strong points, his wrath. In Isaiah 57:16 it says anger grows weaker in God. God is not a social path bent on trimming humanity down to just " The good people", then to hell with the rest.
Why should a believer in God, actually expect God to punish humanity? Why are you expecting God to beat up on sinners? I mean Why? What kind of mentality is that? Thats not Kindness or Gentleness, no matter what twisted way you put it, if you are expecting God to punish, what kind of desire do you think that is. Vengence belongs to God, not to the followers of God. Sometimes I think certain believers in God would actually roast marshmellows in the lake of fire, just to enjoy watching others suffer.
But what can we expect from God? And I want to go into that. Peace.
So I can't complain about anything, I mean its going ok, could be a whole lot worse, so I try to be content and thankful. There are humans living a whole lot worse in situations than I. But I just want to know more about God. I mean, the real unadulterated truth about him, and learn it from nobody BUT him. So thats the first thing I am expecting from God. I don't know God, but I sure would like to. I mean, if God is real, and I suspect that he is, he must be quite something, but he's just too laid back in revealing himself to a person. I can't seem to force a relationship with him. But in considering him, he is really quite something. The more I learn about him, the more I expect from him.
In Galations 5:22-23 is what I think is the best discription of God in the bible. Love, Joy, Peace, Goodness, Gentleness, Kindness, Faithfulness and Self Control. And you know what, I think we can expect these things from God. I grow so tired of hearing about Gods wrath, his anger, hell and punishment, that it sickens me. People seem to think those are Gods strong points, his wrath. In Isaiah 57:16 it says anger grows weaker in God. God is not a social path bent on trimming humanity down to just " The good people", then to hell with the rest.
Why should a believer in God, actually expect God to punish humanity? Why are you expecting God to beat up on sinners? I mean Why? What kind of mentality is that? Thats not Kindness or Gentleness, no matter what twisted way you put it, if you are expecting God to punish, what kind of desire do you think that is. Vengence belongs to God, not to the followers of God. Sometimes I think certain believers in God would actually roast marshmellows in the lake of fire, just to enjoy watching others suffer.
But what can we expect from God? And I want to go into that. Peace.