What If God Is Better Than We Know?
by Emily Conrad
What if God is better than you know, Madeline?
The hero in my work-in-progress asks this question, and I’m thinking about it this morning because of the hard time a friend is experiencing and maybe, too, if I’m honest, because things haven’t been going that well for me, either.
I’m okay. I really am. Except that I’ve noticed the occasional bitter thought pop up in my heart.
I've noticed that sometimes the darkness convinces us that God is less than we believers have made Him out to be.
Though initially grounded in belief in His goodness and love, we drift into thinking of Him as the distant father with the long list of expectations, and topping that list is blind faith that must never be shaken by severe blows. We fall prey to assuming He's a disconnected god who allows evil in our lives in spite, because say, we asked for stronger faith.
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What if God is better than you know, Madeline?
The hero in my work-in-progress asks this question, and I’m thinking about it this morning because of the hard time a friend is experiencing and maybe, too, if I’m honest, because things haven’t been going that well for me, either.
I’m okay. I really am. Except that I’ve noticed the occasional bitter thought pop up in my heart.
I've noticed that sometimes the darkness convinces us that God is less than we believers have made Him out to be.
Though initially grounded in belief in His goodness and love, we drift into thinking of Him as the distant father with the long list of expectations, and topping that list is blind faith that must never be shaken by severe blows. We fall prey to assuming He's a disconnected god who allows evil in our lives in spite, because say, we asked for stronger faith.
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