Imagine picking up a kitten (or some other helpless little critter) by the scruff of the neck and dangling it over some sort of perilous thing. Maybe a fire or a deep pit. You have a solid hold on it and have no plans to drop it...but the kitten doesn't know that.
Sometimes I feel sort of like that kitten. God has a firm grip on me and probably isn't going to let anything really bad happen...but that knowledge isn't extremely comforting when I look at the problems I sometimes face. Living life involves a lot of stress and I sometimes wish that things went a little bit smoother. Am I alone in this feeling? Sort of a frustration with why things always seem to go from bad to worse a lot easier than they do the other direction?
Jason...thanks for getting me hooked on blogging...I think. I've started my own private blog thanks to you. Check it out: Boogers For Brains.
Friday, October 28, 2005
Frustration
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He's toying with me again!!! I no sooner got this blog finished and I got a call from my son. The unexpected bill for $1700 from the college he's attending (which was the main reason for the rant) has been expunged from his bill. Seems there was a minor technicality about when he dropped a class that the financial office didn't see eye-to-eye with him on. A visit to his advisor and some arm twisting by said advisor saved the day (and $1700 that I didn't have to spare!). Thank you Lord!
Praise God
UPDATE
My son checked his online account with the financial office this afternoon...the final outcome is that the college now OWES him $4.00! What a difference 24 hours can make. Why is it that I'm constantly amazed by how God keeps pulling my butt out of the fire? Why can't I learn to trust Him more?
Sometimes it seems to me that God chooses to play around with me just to help build my faith and help me see that He can save the day and will if I would just ask. It says in the Bible if we have faith of a mustard seed we can move mountains. Sometimes it seems that God is not helping enough, but I thnk the problem lies more with me not asking or not trusting him enough to take care of it. It looks like God took care of you too!
Hey Al,
Great news about your college situatuion. I to have the same problem with not trusting God enough. It seems when I see no way out His light shines brighter. My problem is I am waiting for my answers and not looking for His.
Good deal Al! I'll have to remember the importance of prayer as I put Morgan through school!
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