So I HATE when people I care about make bad decisions...
Anybody who has talked deeper with me on this subject knows that it seriously HURTS me to watch people I love and care about make bad decisions.
I can honestly...with 100% of my heart say that if I had the option, I WOULD undergo physical pain for them to be able to take back some of their actions and all the repercussions of said actions.
I was praying more about this tonight and I realized that the first thing is how I make God feel so often. He loves me so much that it HURTS him when I don't follow his way (the best way) and when I do things that ultimately are harmful to myself and/or my spirit.
God loves us all so much...and hurts so badly for all of that...and wants to badly for our repercussion of said actions (HELL) to be taken away. That's why he sent his son to serve as himself in human form to undergo that pain and suffering so we could be free from our terrible, terrible ways. He saw all the awful things I was going to do and felt pain. He saw all the awful things people I love were going to do and how much it would hurt me...and he again felt pain. He saw what this world would end up and decided that he still loved us SO MUCH that he would undergo whatever pain necessary for us to be free from it and to not have to suffer because of our awful decisions.
This made me realize that my pain for my friends when they make/have made bad decisions is right! That love for them that makes me want to be able to make it go away is a tiny example of Christ's love for each of us!
Now I know I am nowhere NEAR able to offer the LOVE he has for us... but this tiny little glimpse of God's love and how it feels...it's just really nice.
HE LOVES US SO MUCH!
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
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God gave man free-will. Free-will allows men to make their own decisions and take their own actions whether good or bad.
ReplyDeleteThe amazing thing is, no matter what decisions are made and what actions are taken, God always loves you. It is an unconditional love that can never be broken.
But honestly, what do you consider a bad decision? Of course there are sins but sometimes a decision has to be made and sometimes there isn't always a correct decision to make.
I can't find the news article now, but yesterday a nun was forced out of the Catholic church for both saving an ending a life. A woman had come in, 11 weeks pregnant, with a serious condition. If she were to have her baby, not only would the baby had surely died, but so would the mother. In the end, after a lot of praying, the nun decided an abortion would be the best decision.
Normally, in the Christian religion, abortion is considered a bad decision. In this case though, rather than losing two lives, only one was lost. Was this really a bad decision then?
I'm not giving an opinion either way, just something to think about, I guess.
Found it. The facts I gave were slightly off, but I think you might find this article a little interesting. It brings up a lot of interesting questions (in my opinion).
ReplyDeletehttp://abcnews.go.com/WN/church-excommunicates-nun-authorized-emergency-abortion-save-mothers/story?id=10799745
2 things. Read/loved the article
ReplyDeleteA. for the record, I think that the decision that was made was the right one... If the mother was going to die...and the child was going too also, why lose 2 lives when you can lose one? Yea abortion sucks but in this case it was a double negative. Lose lose situation. I don't think she sinned by supporting the abortion
B. what I was referring to was more the decisions people are faced with everyday and we know are wrong. People who choose to be careless with relationships, or choose to take part in drugs and irresponsible drinking and stuff like that. I wasn't digging in quite as much as it seemed.