Thought…
Bygedra deur nadinesmit op September 4, 2007
Hey…
Atlast a moment to myself, although I could have made time to blog, I was too exhausted…
Neway, something I’ve been thinking about, why is it that people compare?? Why is it that as soon as you are placed in a position of power or one that might be the envy of someone else, people tend to start “hating” you. Not hate as in the true sense of the word, but they start being mean, they start gossiping behind your back and they start making your life as hard as they possible can??? Luckily this hasn’t happened to me yet, but what if it does…
At our school te new LRC (learner representative counsel) was chosen last week. I have had the privilege of being chosen. So did a whole lot of my friends, but a whole lot of my friends also weren’t chosen. Now, some of them have experienced the situations that I mentioned above. And they told me, not to gossip, but to get it of their chests…
They say that now is the time that you will truely discover your true friends, ’cause they are the ones who will be sticking with you till the end, through everything…
A thought that I would just like to share, one that is also what I said to every single person who came to talk to me about how they felt about it all. God has long decided where you will be today, He is the one who decided who will receive the honour to be chosen, and who would not. He has a plan with all of our lives and if it entails us not allways getting what we want, then so be it… He knows best after all…
I say this as a word of hope to all who feel down sometimes… Rely on God, He will carry through whatever happens in your life, as long as you have faith… And if you get dissapointed, remember that most things in life are planned and meant to be, He has a plan with everything…
Till next time…
cobus said
I know saying that God chose everything seem like the ‘correct’ thing to do. But I’m not sure if we should. If we stick with that, it can make things very bad one day when ‘God choose against us’. I think those who didn’t make it… well, they didn’t make it because people chose for someone else. What we can all know, is that whatever come across our path, God will be there with us. Whether it’s a position of leadership (congratulations Nadine!!!!!), or needing to work out life when bad things happen.
Let me use an example very close to what you have experienced.
Maryke was not chosen to be on LRC when her time came. Was that God’s will?
Then one of the other girls on the LRC became pregnant, and decided to quit. Maryke was then chosen. Should we now say that this was God’s way to get her on the LRC?
nadinesmit said
I actually thought about that when I went to bed last night and then I discussed it with a friend today. I have mixed feelings about this at the moment…
Let’s say you didn’t make it on the LRC, and you start blaming someone else, who according to you, took your place? Do you have the right to blame them?
Everything you said in your comment (Cobus) is what I was thinking about.. I like to think that everything in my life happens for a reason, but not necesarily the stuff caused by anothers free will… Now, I ask this, even if God didn’t make something happen, like not being chosen, did He know beforehand that that would be the case? Does He know what people will choose, even before they have chosen? Does He know that people will sin, even thought it’s against Him?
I think these are some questions that one could ponder and talk about for quite some time or maybe not? Let’s say I ask for God’s will to happen in my life and I don’t get chosen to be on the LRC, was it His will or the free will that others exercise by not choosing me?
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cobus said
Hey, I wrote some thoughts over here
What I didn’t touch upon was the question of God’s pre-knowledge of everything. What if we shouldn’t see God as working in linear time, but rather open God up to our multi-dimentional universe, where what happened and what will happen merges. God become a partner in this ongoing struggle of life, or maybe we become a partner in God’s ongoing struggle for justice, or something, but what I do know can influence God’s way of doing, not neccesarily in reaction, since God is both before and after me, but since we are in relationship, it influence. Well, there is a lot I’m still struggling with…
Kaerf said
Mmm… the whole issue of pre-destination, destiny and God is quite a sticky one… My abbreviated opinion is that allthough God inevitably knows what you are going to choose, it’s still your choice. And you sit with the concequinces of your own decisions. Therefore,if Pietie did not get chosen for the LRC, it’s not because God hates him. It might have something to do with the fact that he is a rebelinus anarchist who never does his work.
On the other hand, God may very well have a specific OTHER plan for Piet,that he wouldn’t be able to achieve if he were to be on the LRC.
In short: I dont have all the answers, but God is good, Jesus loves you, and everything’s going to be OK…