Sin seems to be built into creation...ask yourself why
In regard to food,why is it that cabbage,lettuce or brocoli does not taste as good and satisfying as Krispy Kreme donuts,Pizza or Fried Chicken ? why do calorie dense foods tast good while something you could eat a truckload of and not gain a pound not taste as good.....there is a reason.
In regard to money,why doesn't being flat broke and busted feel as good as having money in the bank and the bills paid...why doesn't poverty and want feel as good as wealth and prosperity ? there is a reason.I have always heard that wealth is the enemy of faith....but my response is if you know God is God then you know he holds your breath in his hand regardless of how much wealth you have.....and a visit to your local graveyard should convince you that life is temporary and you can't take it with you.....just common sense to me.
In regard to sex,why is it that young and beautiful looks better than old and ugly,or young and ugly,why does the eye have the ability to sense and appreciate physical beuuty in the first place when we are told it means nothing yet it has such a powerful impact on us ?...why do humans not procreate like plants and pollinate or like some Animals do...once a year the urge hits and then that's it....i have heard endless rants about how sex is this awesome gift from God while for most its is nothing but a troublesome torment that could damn their souls and they would be better off had they never even known anything about it....again there is a reason
In regard to relationships,why are difficult,bitter angry,resentful and cruel people not as much of a joy to deal with as kind,loving,peaceful people are...what purpose do "jerks " realy serve...are they aliens sent here to prepare us for heaven ???? who knows...why does revenge feel good now but the knowledge that they will get theirs perhaps possibly 8,346 years from now does not....God says vengence is mine i will repay but most of us never get to see it....why doesn't obscurity and lonliness feel as good as fame and recognition and appreciation....God calls us to relationships then seems to ask us to step back from them should any benefit to us actually occur.
I have often heard people say suffering and trials prepare one for heaven yet in this world when one wants to prepare for something they usually simulate the conditions the expect to encounter not just the opposite...again their is a reason.
When Jesus said take up your cross he was saying chose pain over pleasure,choose need over abundance,choose emptiness over fullfillment..do i claim to know why ? no i don't,never in a million years.....did Jesus not say that parts of the body could be your enemy ? does the new testement not exalt pain over pleasure from start to finish ?
In Genesis God looked at all he created and said that it was good....then later on you hear about the lust of the eyes yet everything the eye sees including the eye itself was created by God,same with the lust of the flesh...everything the flesh lust after including the flesh itself was created by God....the very fact that i can look at anything and have any regard for it in my heart,desire it,want it,love it or hate it or have any sense or comprehension of any value it may have for better or worse is is a result of God's creation....do i have any answers...none at all.
I remember reading years ago as a foolish young man that thought he knew everything and that there was an answer to everything that the "just shall live by faith"....now as a much older man i realize what the words meant....for some things there are no answers this side of the grave.
In regard to food,why is it that cabbage,lettuce or brocoli does not taste as good and satisfying as Krispy Kreme donuts,Pizza or Fried Chicken ? why do calorie dense foods tast good while something you could eat a truckload of and not gain a pound not taste as good.....there is a reason.
In regard to money,why doesn't being flat broke and busted feel as good as having money in the bank and the bills paid...why doesn't poverty and want feel as good as wealth and prosperity ? there is a reason.I have always heard that wealth is the enemy of faith....but my response is if you know God is God then you know he holds your breath in his hand regardless of how much wealth you have.....and a visit to your local graveyard should convince you that life is temporary and you can't take it with you.....just common sense to me.
In regard to sex,why is it that young and beautiful looks better than old and ugly,or young and ugly,why does the eye have the ability to sense and appreciate physical beuuty in the first place when we are told it means nothing yet it has such a powerful impact on us ?...why do humans not procreate like plants and pollinate or like some Animals do...once a year the urge hits and then that's it....i have heard endless rants about how sex is this awesome gift from God while for most its is nothing but a troublesome torment that could damn their souls and they would be better off had they never even known anything about it....again there is a reason
In regard to relationships,why are difficult,bitter angry,resentful and cruel people not as much of a joy to deal with as kind,loving,peaceful people are...what purpose do "jerks " realy serve...are they aliens sent here to prepare us for heaven ???? who knows...why does revenge feel good now but the knowledge that they will get theirs perhaps possibly 8,346 years from now does not....God says vengence is mine i will repay but most of us never get to see it....why doesn't obscurity and lonliness feel as good as fame and recognition and appreciation....God calls us to relationships then seems to ask us to step back from them should any benefit to us actually occur.
I have often heard people say suffering and trials prepare one for heaven yet in this world when one wants to prepare for something they usually simulate the conditions the expect to encounter not just the opposite...again their is a reason.
When Jesus said take up your cross he was saying chose pain over pleasure,choose need over abundance,choose emptiness over fullfillment..do i claim to know why ? no i don't,never in a million years.....did Jesus not say that parts of the body could be your enemy ? does the new testement not exalt pain over pleasure from start to finish ?
In Genesis God looked at all he created and said that it was good....then later on you hear about the lust of the eyes yet everything the eye sees including the eye itself was created by God,same with the lust of the flesh...everything the flesh lust after including the flesh itself was created by God....the very fact that i can look at anything and have any regard for it in my heart,desire it,want it,love it or hate it or have any sense or comprehension of any value it may have for better or worse is is a result of God's creation....do i have any answers...none at all.
I remember reading years ago as a foolish young man that thought he knew everything and that there was an answer to everything that the "just shall live by faith"....now as a much older man i realize what the words meant....for some things there are no answers this side of the grave.
