What air my god ordains is right Though now this cup in drink King may bitter seem to my faint heart I take it all on shrinking my god is true Each morn anew sweet comfort yet shall fill my heart And pain and sorrow shall depart What air my god ordains is right Here shall my sta...
On determinism, your decisions are determined by factors that are beyond your control (i.e. God’s eternal and unchangeable decree). On the other hand, Provisionists, like myself, believe you are the cause of your own choices. We would say that the cause of a choice is the chooser. Th...
living is to know when to hold fast and when to let go.For life is a paradox:It enjoins us to cling to its many gifts even while it ordainstheir eventual relinquishment.The rabbis put it this way:'A man comes to this world with his fist clenched,but when he ...
GOD'S WORD® TranslationThere is something being done on earth that is pointless. Righteous people suffer for what the wicked do, and wicked people get what the righteous deserve. I say that even this is pointless.Good News TranslationBut this is nonsense. Look at what happens in the ...
God is never truly silent; the truth is that He speaks all the timein creationand inHis Word. But sometimes we perceive His silence in ways that seem almost palpable, like a wilderness where we hunger and thirst without relief. But could it be that, only in the ways of God, silence ...
is an attribute of God alone and of no other. There was none 'before' Him and there is none 'after' Him. He has been there always and will be there always - eternal and abiding. All else is transient. He alone is eternally living and present. He is no one's progeny and He has...
I’m always pushing for more, for bigger and better. I also just believe in following my heart. I try to have a genuine approach to everything, and everything else in life will align accordingly. But at the end of the day, it is God who truly ordains all of my success. So, it...