tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14577752.post1289030948736165785..comments2023-11-03T05:27:22.164-06:00Comments on Fine Dry Wit: Please Screw Up Your Life...Um...ResponsiblyDoughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16007272910234771974noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14577752.post-50336139788971789752013-06-26T10:21:58.038-06:002013-06-26T10:21:58.038-06:00OK, so, if my child falls seriously ill, I lose my...OK, so, if my child falls seriously ill, I lose my job for absenteeism, and with it my health insurance, my husband drops dead of a heart attack from all the stress, I lose my house because I can't pay my child's medical bills, never mind my mortgage, do I deserve all that, and should I be thrown out onto the street to starve? Paul Ryan and his ilk seem eager for the spectacle.<br /><br />As you know, some of that did happen to me, but some of it didn't: my husband, who carries the family health insurance, is alive and well. Others aren't so lucky. Studies suggest that the majority of bankruptcies are caused not by laziness or riotous living but by catastrophic illness. As you so rightly point out, we judge at our peril whether any catastrophe befalling us or our neighbor is a punishment from God.Luciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02344151648498823945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14577752.post-68441304613293061702013-06-24T14:44:41.811-06:002013-06-24T14:44:41.811-06:00Sorry as I didn't check down this far for a fe...Sorry as I didn't check down this far for a few days.<br />"No, I mean, if my oxen and donkeys and camels are stolen, my sheep burned, and my children tragically killed, is it my fault?"<br />No 'sno' Job, Lu-it's quite simple. What is our fault is that which is sin. <br />What you are asking is if reason can be tied to circumstance-did all these terrible things happen as punishment from God? Am I to blame for my camels being stolen?<br />Not trying to blow your mind, but if we do wrong, God metes out punishment. If we do right, God metes out Praise. <br />Sometimes the worst scamps in history go to the grave without seemingly being punished for their sins. (Psalms 37 & 73)<br />Sometimes the sweetest, nicest people in the world seem to be singled out for what looks like punishment. <br />Take Job for example. Righteous and good, solid with God, and yet he endured such tribulations that his friends were convinced that he must have been guilty of some hidden sin.<br />We lack vision and wisdom enough to know if God is punishing OR rewarding someone. <br />Right now I have a handful of friends that are all suffering with different Cancers. I wouldn't dare suggest that any of them are being punished by God. If anything, they might make it to Heaven on the express elevator. <br />Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16007272910234771974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14577752.post-40283164217079024072013-06-09T13:23:47.604-06:002013-06-09T13:23:47.604-06:00No, I mean, if my oxen and donkeys and camels are ...No, I mean, if my oxen and donkeys and camels are stolen, my sheep burned, and my children tragically killed, is it my fault?Luciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02344151648498823945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14577752.post-25738643340399543712013-06-06T12:42:47.126-06:002013-06-06T12:42:47.126-06:00Lu asks:
"Are all troubles our own fault?&quo...Lu asks:<br />"Are all troubles our own fault?"<br />to which I reply,<br />"Why wouldn't they be?" <br /><br />"The devil made me do it" isn't a defense. <br />Neither is, "God made me this way-it's HIS fault!"<br /><br />That lovely 'free will' which so many love to extoll the virtues of actually means that we are responsible for our own messes.<br />Perhaps I misunderstand the question. <br />Lu, do you mean "If my country devolves into chaos and I am starving, is the trouble that I am in my fault?"<br /><br /><br />Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16007272910234771974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14577752.post-76110887487696867902013-06-03T06:44:17.685-06:002013-06-03T06:44:17.685-06:00Are all troubles our own fault? Are all troubles our own fault? Luciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02344151648498823945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14577752.post-53026724188092394972013-05-21T07:23:29.916-06:002013-05-21T07:23:29.916-06:00As per usual, I add a get the ball rolling comment...As per usual, I add a get the ball rolling comment even if nothing else rolls.<br />A couple of weeks ago at work a guy came in and said,<br />"There are some geese honking out there!"<br />I said, "Maybe they knew ya."Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16007272910234771974noreply@blogger.com