Why do people always use the "God's a stone-worker, He has to form you, sometimes it hurts." analogy? I think that it is crap. God only has to do that if you won't change. If you are flexible, like clay, then He is not going to hurt you. Sure He will mold you, shape you, make you more and more like Him.
It does not have to hurt people, just be like clay. Let Him shape you. Let Him perfect you. It's like if a cop pulls you over, if you pull over and take the ticket, that's as far as it goes. If you keep driving, things are not going to be any better, just worse.
I don't know if I'm making any sense, but then what does it matter? This blog is more for me than for others anyway.
I agree. And because I've recently taken up throwing Scripture out whenever possible,
ReplyDeleteJob 5:17 says:
Blessed is the man whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.
I think that's your case-in-point