tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25308225.post5298292275588984220..comments2024-01-18T19:35:13.610-08:00Comments on Collideoscope: D-DayUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25308225.post-13664451868863324662009-03-06T17:26:00.000-08:002009-03-06T17:26:00.000-08:00Mother Teresa once said in response to the questio...Mother Teresa once said in response to the question, "will you please pray that I will have clarity", "No I will not pray for you to have clarity. Instead, I will pray for you to trust God. If you have clarity, then there is no need to trust". <BR/><BR/>Very powerful words from Mother Teresa. The essence of the Christian existence is simply Trust. There is nothing else. He desires our trust more than we even realize it. So if we knew what He intended, then trust is no longer required. <BR/><BR/>The test of our Christianity is this, do we trust Him in spite of unanswered prayer, continued troubles and trials or do we abandon our trust in the absence of answered prayers?Brian Holimanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17845047508998011692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25308225.post-28056009764072366532009-02-25T19:49:00.000-08:002009-02-25T19:49:00.000-08:00Wow, Denelle, I can really relate to your struggle...Wow, Denelle, I can really relate to your struggle right now.<BR/><BR/>I'm set to graduate with my Master's in August, and though I do have temporary plans afterward, I can't say that I have any long term goals or prospects, employment or otherwise. <BR/><BR/>I'm a control freak, and I'm learning how to trust God too. In answer to your question, I lean towards saying that it's impossible to be a control freak and trust God at the same time. If were possible, I'd say it's pretty frustrating possibility, fraught with tension and contradiction. <BR/><BR/>Still trying to control things implies that you haven't given God complete control which implies that you don't "really" trust Him . . . supposedly.<BR/><BR/>But then part of you knows that you do trust God . . . else you wouldn't have gone down the roads you've gone down. You wouldn't have made the choices you've made to end up in the place you are now had you not trusted God, right?<BR/><BR/>It's a toughie, to say the least. Trusting God is the hardest easy thing to do.chantellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18371420620563213340noreply@blogger.com