RE: God is the great spirit friend
March 26, 2013 at 11:29 pm
(This post was last modified: March 26, 2013 at 11:29 pm by jstrodel.)
missluckie, it is not like he doesn't think it is a big deal, but in the scheme of things, it goes away. 30 years from now, you aren't going to care about the pain that you felt too much. When I was growing up, I had some bad things happen to me. Honestly, those things are so far in the past that I have just forgotten about them.
This is the way that God sees suffering. God is very compassionate and cares about people but God also realizes that just like little children complain loudly about small things when they are going through them, older people complain about things because they lack perspective to realize they will end soon.
God just sees people suffering, like a father who sees his child complaining and crying because they stuck their finger in the socket, and cares they are hurting. The child thinks they are going to die. The father looks and says "well, they are going to have to goto the ER, that is a shame, probably will have a scar for the rest of their life". This is the way God is, God does not minimize peoples suffering, in the Bible, Jesus is described as weeping. At the same time, God does not perceive suffering like a fearful, complaining, immature person. God has a great deal more perspective than we do.
The thing that has helped me the most through difficult times is just knowing that I can hold on to God when I go to sleep and God holds me and comforts me. Sometimes it seems like the rest of the world is so foolish and so shallow, but God is always a close friend to me, has never been far away from me, though God has put me through quite a bit.
This is the way that God sees suffering. God is very compassionate and cares about people but God also realizes that just like little children complain loudly about small things when they are going through them, older people complain about things because they lack perspective to realize they will end soon.
God just sees people suffering, like a father who sees his child complaining and crying because they stuck their finger in the socket, and cares they are hurting. The child thinks they are going to die. The father looks and says "well, they are going to have to goto the ER, that is a shame, probably will have a scar for the rest of their life". This is the way God is, God does not minimize peoples suffering, in the Bible, Jesus is described as weeping. At the same time, God does not perceive suffering like a fearful, complaining, immature person. God has a great deal more perspective than we do.
The thing that has helped me the most through difficult times is just knowing that I can hold on to God when I go to sleep and God holds me and comforts me. Sometimes it seems like the rest of the world is so foolish and so shallow, but God is always a close friend to me, has never been far away from me, though God has put me through quite a bit.