MMF are you upset with my post? My post was not directed to you but an "in general" post.
I worry when people hide behind faith instead of embracing it
faith is the leap
sometimes God calls us to leap when he has called us to stay before
I was not questioning anyone's faith persay....
I was simply stating that I hope no one (and again I am sorry if you feel I implied you but I truly was more musing than isolating any one person...as evidenced by the story of my grandparents...)hides behind faith instead of being ready to leap whenever it is requested
we cannot know what God calls from each of us
I do not pretend to know what God tells you
I only know how He speaks to me and what He calls me to do
I would caution anyone who feels complacent in their belief as the call to leap comes at us fairly consistently in many different ways (not speaking specifically relationship-wise, for example, there are probably many times God tells me to do something that is different than what I have been doing but I have grown comfortable in what I am doing (or not doing)and what I am doing isn't BAAAAAAAAAAD but God wants me to do something different (for instance, Cori works with this really nice guy but his family lives about 4 hours away...I have asked him to come over for meals but he has refused. I haven't pushed really because it would mean I would have to clean (yuck)and he is a little more religiously conservative than me so I worry about that (siiiiigh) It isn't bad and I am doing what I know I should do by continuing to ask BUT there are other options...maybe I could bring food to the office, maybe I could push harder, maybe I could clean anyway (yuck) BUT you get my drift? I know God intends for me to offer my hospitality and to get to know him better. I know, in my heart, that he is supposed to be involved in our family somehow...now I don't know how (faith) and I don't know why (faith) but I KNOW it (faith). I can complacently sit and know that I asked and know he refused and feel that I did what I could and God will do the rest OR I can try some other ideas...) I am not implying that people didn't try in their marriage...this is not a marriage thingy but rather a complacency thingy...does that make sense?
probably not
anyway
no questioning of faith intended MMF just a caution of not becoming deaf to God's words because we THINK we know what He is saying based on what He has said before or to someone else
God can say different things at different times, depending on the lesson and whom He is teaching
