- The Christian author calling it pagan to have the cross and a dream catcher hanging together
- Dan says that his guess would be “that this driver respects Christianity but finds something lacking in the modern version that we have presented him with.”
- What if he has the two hanging there not because he feels Christianity is missing something but maybe he is searching for something else. As I wrote that I kind of sound like Dan, but the person good just see the dream catcher as something helpful, something to appease his sense of mind. Everyone has superstitions and they have certain things they do to make themselves feel better
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- Dan says in his journal “How many Christians do I know who could accept that there is a difference between ‘our version of Christianity’ and any other version of Christianity that could possibly be ‘right’?”
- He goes on to say that “while the modern version was right for 500 years, the modern version might not be right for the next leg of the journey”
- What I feel is that Dan is getting away from religion by saying that the modern version might not be what is right for the future.
- To me this sounds like a man not trusting in his faith and trying to think like a “man”
- Thinking like a man is what caused the whole reformation and the protestants breaking away
- Yes at the time the Catholic Church might not have been doing what is right but rather than fix Martin Luther just decided that making a whole new church could be better so he could pick and choose what he wanted. And many denominations followed.
- Man is fallible. We all make mistakes. I feel that through our pursuit of what’s right and wrong we forget to just trust in the Lord. No matter how hard we try we will not be able to understand how He thinks. He has a plan for us. A good example of this was just this past weekend, the radiator in my friend’s car broke but thankfully I knew how to fix it. But then I got thinking about all the times I would help my dad work on our vehicles back home before I left for college. I would probably classify my family as lower class (but I am completely ok with that and I can address that in another post). Because we did not have a lot of money we couldn’t just take our vehicle to a mechanic to get it fixed so we had to buy the part and do it ourselves. But I feel like God had a plan when we were upset out in the rain trying to get our only car to run again. He wanted me to learn how to work on vehicles so that way when it was just my friends and I stranded and all my friends were calling asking what to do; I knew what needed to be done in order to get the car running again.
- To add on to that, I got to thinking that maybe we weren’t supposed to be on the road at that time.
- Here is something that I found that helps tell why things happen(From my beliefs)
Me (in a tizzy): God, can I ask you something?
GOD: Sure.
Me: Promise you won’t get mad?
GOD: I promise.
Me (frustrated): Why did you let so much stuff happen to me
today?
GOD: What do you mean?
Me: Well I woke up late.
GOD: Yes
Me: My car took forever to start.
GOD: Okay.
Me (growling): At lunch, they made my sandwich wrong, and I had
to wait.
GOD: Hmmmm.
Me: On the way home, my phone went dead, just as I picked up a
call
GOD: All right
Me (loudly): And to top it all off, when I got home, I just
wanted to soak my feet in my foot massager and relax, but it wouldn’t work. Nothing
went right today! Why did you do that?
GOD: Well let me see….. the death angel was at your bed this
morning and I had to send one of the other angels to battle him for your life.
I let you sleep through that.
Me (humbled): Oh.
GOD: I didn’t let your car start because there was a drunk
driver on your route that might have hit you if you were on the road.
Me (ashamed): …………
GOD: The first person who made your sandwich today was sick and
I didn’t want you to catch what they have, I knew you couldn’t afford to miss
work.
Me (embarrassed): Oh.
GOD: Your phone went dead because the person that was calling
was going to give a false witness about what you said on that call, I didn’t
even let you talk to them so you would be covered
Me (softly): I see God.
GOD: Oh and that foot massager, it had a short that was going to
throw out all of the power in your house tonight. I didn’t think you wanted to
be in the dark.
Me: I’m sorry God.
GOD: Don’t be sorry; just learn to trust me . . . in all things,
the good and the bad.
Me: I WILL trust you God.
GOD: And don’t doubt that my plan for your day is always better
than your plan.
Me: I won’t God. And let me just tell you God, thank you for
everything today.
GOD: You’re welcome child. It was just another day being your God
and I love looking after my children.
I must admit that it is easier to see God’s hand and be thankful
for His work when we are given a clear and obvious blessing than it is when
some frustration crops up in our lives, but as He explained to this man, He is
always there. He promised us He would never leave us or forsake us. When things
we consider bad happen to us, we need to seek His wisdom and try to learn what
good He has for us in those bad things.
Are you able to be thankful for the lumps as well as the smooth
rides?
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