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Freedom of Access to Israel
I am a law-abiding Christian-Zionist and Israel is the Holy Land to me. Israel professes to be a democracy that respects the freedom of religion and the freedom of speech and allegedly guarantees FREEDOM OF ACCESS to religious sites. Israel is...
Meet Jesus' Sacrifice
Would Jesus go to through all the suffering of the cross If God's promises were a lie? Do we truly believe The entire Bible is the infallible word of God When we discount its application To the modern day church? When Jesus said we could do the...
One Day at A Time
If just for today, Lord, I’ll keep my eyes and heart in tune to Your ever-loving presence. I’ll walk with You and glean upon Your every word ... be ready to go, ready to stay, and bask in the fullness of Your day. If just for today, Lord, I’ll...
Religion and Science
There are many kinds of narratives and organizing principles. Science is driven by evidence gathered in experiments, and by the falsification of extant theories and their replacement with newer, asymptotically truer, ones. Other systems -...
The Angel Metatron
Metatron (Other variations on his name are; Metatetron, Merraton, and Metaraon.) In researching the angel Metatron I found the tales were very different. I found at least two separate versions exist. The first version states he came into being when...
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Consequences
God has moments of anger, like as do we. However, some have misconceptions about His response. There's an unspoken law of consequences between the forces of good and evil, a result of being born into a sinful world.
In observing my daughter, as a very young child, whenever she was disobedient. If I didn't discipline, she'd suddenly become injured or some other mishap. It was as if God was punishing her, or so I thought.
Once God gave me an example of how it really is.
Imagine yourself standing between the sidewalk and curb. Your hands are wrapped behind your back, tied to a tree. A car is coming and your child runs into the street. You've no physical means of reaching that child.
Hearing the speeding car, first thoughts come faster than you can verbalize, "No! The car will hurt you!"
You scream a plea, with anything you think might cause that child to change their direction, before it’s too late. That is how it is with God. Were it any other way, He'd have to take away our freedom of choice.
There are consequences for running out into the street!
And, the parent is way beyond distraught even before the accident occurs, because they have a glimpse into the future.
Imagine how God must, sometimes, feel watching His children run the wrong direction. When the consequences come and we didn't heed God's warning, God didn’t do it to us.
Think about it. If our parents wouldn’t smack us with a moving vehicle because we didn’t obey, if you wouldn’t run over your child as punishment for not listening … we were made in the image of God and He loves us so much more. The truth is, when consequences come, there is no one else to blame. We would have done it to ourselves.
© by Joyce C. Lock http://my.homewithgod.com/blessingsandlessons/ This writing may be used in its entirety, with credits in tact, for non-profit ministering purposes.
About the Author
In addition to being a published author and poet, Joyce C. Lock created the religion column, "Christianity Made Simple" for Peru Daily Tribune, continues to write inspirational articles for area newspapers, and shares further in online and e-mail ministries.
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