I have so many random thoughts going through my mind that picking a title would be very difficult and/or long. I'm at Starbucks now watching this group of older friends, one gentleman has had 3-4 people leave and a new group come in within a few minutes. I see him frequently at my Starbucks visits. He will be reading the paper or having deep intellectual conversations with whomever he is with. He seems well educated and as if he's been around the world a couple of times. I'm in my own little corner sipping my high-calorie Peppermint Mocha and as usual contemplating life while I watch big snow flakes float to the snow covered ground.
Lately I've been amazed how many people seem to ignore God. Try to dismiss Him from existence. I'm also pleased that simply dismissing God from their lives and their way of living does not dismiss God's existence. I am reminded while growing up I would get angry at my parents, I was a jerk as a kid just so everyone knows. I was the typical know-it-all freak who thinks her parents are morons and know nothings. It was especially hard on my dad because he was more old fashioned than my mom. Every time I would get mad or be a typical teenager I would "ignore" my parents, pretend they didn't provide for me when without them I'd have nothing to protect me. When I'd get gifts I'd only thank mom and not dad. Now that wasn't all the time of course but many of the time when I knew very well dad had provided for us.
The whole time I would ignore either of them while they did their loving parental obligations, they were still there, only a few feet from me, watching out for me, providing for my needs, and making my life possible.
I remember several times dad picking me up from school, depending on my mood I would sit there and rarely say anything. Closer to my teens I got better at holding conversations with him of course.
The point is, no matter how many times I tried ignore my parents to non-existence they were very real, they were very much there, doing what God had asked them to do. No matter how many times I tried to ignore the fact my dad or mom provided the food on the table each meal or the clothes on my body to keep me warm and sheltered, all of what we needed was provided.
There are so many people who think they know more, know what is best for ourselves. Eve thought she knew what she needed, she went after her desire, and after she got what she wanted she was doomed to death. Oh sure she got the knowledge she wanted, but was it really what she wanted? Did she really need to know what God knew? How many of us would really better off if we knew what He knew? I can't help but be reminded of that every time I see my friends or family members go after what they wanted or desired. I was told once by a friend that a mutual friend is having problems deciding who to "make happy" the community, God or themselves.
God has created EVERYTHING for our own good. Why go astray from that? Why try to ignore a loving Heavenly Father who has provided all that we need and continues to do so even after being ignored and forgotten, also when we know very well the truth of the matter is we would not be where we are nor do we deserve to be provided for over and over again.
