Stephen Anthony Ray

Something happened recently that made me bitterly upset at God.

Then, I looked more closely…and realized something.

IT WAS MY FREAKING FAULT!

How amazing, right? That I would do…what we all do every day. We get angry at God for stuff that living in his Will would have prevented.

Check this out:
“‘For I know the plans I have for you’, declares the Lord, ‘plans for welfare and not for calamity; to give you a hope and a future.’”

Notice where it says “not for calamity”.

Why would Jeremiah have included that in the Lord’s message to the people?
Who would think that it was God’s plan to injure his own people?

People in captivity - just like the Jews whom the scripture concerns.

Isn’t it easy, whenever we face difficult times (whether self-incurred or not), to look to God with anger and hard-heartedness, rather than looking to him for a solution…and maybe even to ourselves for a cause?

SRay