Comments on: I want to know what you think… http://www.hillelfriends.org/blog/2007/11/15/i-want-to-know-what-you-think%e2%80%a6/ Explain here what the weblog is about. Sun, 20 Apr 2008 22:29:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: April Baker http://www.hillelfriends.org/blog/2007/11/15/i-want-to-know-what-you-think%e2%80%a6/comment-page-1/#comment-5507 April Baker Mon, 31 Dec 2007 14:09:09 +0000 http://www.hillelfriends.org/blog/2007/11/15/i-want-to-know-what-you-think%e2%80%a6/#comment-5507 Hum. That's certainly a perspective I hadn't thought of. I always of think of the worst--like Lucy having a massive seizure, and wonder how that could be a kind and loving God's will. Instead, I give thanks that Lucy was brought into a loving family who would make sure that she got the care she needed, and I'm thankful for the bond she and I share as a result of her illness. I have trouble believing that the actual seizures are God's will--I am more inclined to think that it was God's will that I should pick her out and take her home. Hum. That’s certainly a perspective I hadn’t thought of. I always of think of the worst–like Lucy having a massive seizure, and wonder how that could be a kind and loving God’s will. Instead, I give thanks that Lucy was brought into a loving family who would make sure that she got the care she needed, and I’m thankful for the bond she and I share as a result of her illness. I have trouble believing that the actual seizures are God’s will–I am more inclined to think that it was God’s will that I should pick her out and take her home.

]]> By: Amanda http://www.hillelfriends.org/blog/2007/11/15/i-want-to-know-what-you-think%e2%80%a6/comment-page-1/#comment-5502 Amanda Wed, 26 Dec 2007 03:57:25 +0000 http://www.hillelfriends.org/blog/2007/11/15/i-want-to-know-what-you-think%e2%80%a6/#comment-5502 At first glance, I tensed a little. The words "It is His Will" sound almost as an order. "You have no choice. You will give thanks to God in all things because He demands it, He makes it so." But, when I give a few more seconds thought to it (as I'm sure the sign makers surely have- it would take a few minutes to come up with that statement and arrange it on the sign), I realize that can not be what it means. It is God's Will that we would give thanks to Him in all things. In other words, it is His desire that we give thanks to Him in everything. The reason is not only has He given us all things in our life, but He also created us to worship Him. So, I imagine He is greatly saddened when we don’t acknowledge and give thanks for His love! An example of what I am meaning to say would be Jesus in the garden of Gethsemane. It was God’s Will that Jesus die, but Jesus still had to chose it. Jesus begged for that cup to pass him by at first. His humanity certainly didn’t desire to be beaten and crucified. But then he said simply, “Not my will, but yours be done.” At first glance, I tensed a little. The words “It is His Will” sound almost as an order. “You have no choice. You will give thanks to God in all things because He demands it, He makes it so.” But, when I give a few more seconds thought to it (as I’m sure the sign makers surely have- it would take a few minutes to come up with that statement and arrange it on the sign), I realize that can not be what it means. It is God’s Will that we would give thanks to Him in all things. In other words, it is His desire that we give thanks to Him in everything. The reason is not only has He given us all things in our life, but He also created us to worship Him. So, I imagine He is greatly saddened when we don’t acknowledge and give thanks for His love!

An example of what I am meaning to say would be Jesus in the garden of Gethsemane. It was God’s Will that Jesus die, but Jesus still had to chose it. Jesus begged for that cup to pass him by at first. His humanity certainly didn’t desire to be beaten and crucified. But then he said simply, “Not my will, but yours be done.”

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