Where is God when..

l_ isa · Post by **l_ isa** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 5:38 am

I am reading The Shack by Wm.P. Young, awesome book, fiction but so much like non-fiction.some reads as follows:
god says, Such a powerful ability the imagination. But w/o wisdom, the imagination is a cruel taskmaster. Do you think humans were designed to live in the present or the past or the future? Mack says"I think the most obvious answer is that we were designed to live in the present."
Exactly!!! But now tell me, where do you spend most of your time in your mind, in your imagination, in the present, in the past or in the future? "I suppose I would have to say I spend very little time in the present, I spend a big piece in the past and most of the rest of the time trying to figure out the future." God says to Mack, Not unlike most people. When I dwell with you I do so in the present - I live in the present. Not the past, although much can be remembered and learned by looking back, but only for a visit, not an extended stay. And for sure I do not dwell in the future you visualize or imagine. Listen Mack, do you realize that your imagination of the future, which is almost always dictated by fear of some kind, rarely, if ever pictures me there with you? Yes, God usually comes for me with a fist in the air saying "Why", "Help me...NOW" If only you would..." But when I imagine feeling fine I do not have a picture in my mind of me & God..I know he is there just not like a real person, like me. Really though, He is the real person I am His imagination. Why can't I let go & let God? I do know this much is true. With God, It's never to late to live happily ever after!

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 6:39 am

l_isa

Pray that God will come into your life to guide you on the everyday tasks that you are going through and pray for a sound mind. By a sound mind that means a mind that doesn't wounder on any bad thoughts. I think that Satan uses our mind against us most of the time to keep us from doing things that the Lord wants us to do. I think that you should imaagine the Lord with his arm around you. In Psalm 91 it reads
He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High
Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
I will say of the Lord,"He is my refuge and my fortress;
My God, in Him I will trust."
Surely He shall deliver you from the snare of the fowler
And from the perilous pestilence.
He shall cover you with His feathers,
Ander under His wings you shall take refuge;
His truth shall be your shield and buckler.
You shall not be afraid of the terror by night,
Nor of the arrow that flies by day,
Nor of the pestilence that walks in the darkness,
Nor of the destruction that lays waste at noonday.
A thousand may fall at your side,.
And ten thousand at your right hand,
But it shall not come near you
Only with your eyes shall you look,
And see the reward of the wicked.
Because you have made the Lord, who is my refuge,
Even the Most High, your dwelling place,
No evil shall befall you,
Nor shall any plague come near your dwelling;
For He shall give His angels charge over you,
To keep you in all your ways.
In their hands they shall bear you up,
Lest you dash you foot against a stone.
You shall tread upon the lion and the cobra,
The young lion and the serpent you shall trample underfoot.
"Because he has set his love upon Me,
therefore I will deliver him;
I will set him on high, because he has known My name.
He shall call upon Me , and I will answer him;
I will be with him in trouble;
I will deliver him and honor him,
With long life I will satisy him,
And show him My salvation."

The Lord is always there for you and all you need to do is call on him. God bless you!

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 7:29 am

Why thank you mam. Though I don't take much stock in the bible however because it's written by man over & over, translated & retranslated. I do find much comfort in a lot of the bible though especially when God is in the heart of the writer. I must have at least 5 or 6 bibles in my home & one really worn through so it's not that I haven't read it, I have. Just the "perspective on the same happenings" via different receivers is crowded in my mind usually. And the Old Testament, well that scares the crap outta me. Not only is it full of wicked, muderous, vile people but I don't understand all the w/o blemish slaughters either, I get the symbolic meaning but I don't think God would make us for companionship just to teach us idiot peoples by having us kill all his beautiful creations and each other, toss his hands up & say let's go back, flood this place & start again & hope they get it right this time. Just makes no sense, to me that is. I know some on here will freak out that I make statements about the bible like that and assume I don't know God or that I am going to hell but I think we are in hell & I do know God or I wouldn't be here. I used to say I know the earth is just my present dwelling place, not home, but I like it here & I am not homesick. Yet, I get homesick much these days.
Again thank you so much for asking God to bless me...as I believe He smiles upon us all & He's thinking; atta girl Lisa, keep 'em praying for & with ya.
ps:most of what I wrote in the orig.post was direct writing from a book I am reading (the conversation is between God & Mack in The Shack that perhaps I didn't quite punctuate well.

You Have To Believe To See.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sun Mar 09, 2008 12:46 pm

A while back I use to feel the same way about the bible. The fact that it was rewritten so many times actually discouraged me. I allowed Satan to put lies in my head about it. When all I had to do was compare the bibles to eachother....in doing this I discovered each one still had the exact same message......just in words that were easier for me to digest. As the bible say's ....Here is milk for you are not ready for the food........Now I look for the food.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sun Mar 09, 2008 2:41 pm

Lisa please be sure to read the power scriptures we have posted. One member here was able to send an eye opening one. Remember the mind is natural........it only analyzes what the eyes interpret to it. Anything outside of the natural it would torment you with. ........You are a spirit with a flesh........God is closer then the breath we breathe.....He always delivers us....We weren't promised an easy life and the bible does declare that.......but with God we are guaranteed the victory........