Faith is the thing

Credința adevărată nu-L forțează pe Dumnezeu să ne dea ce Îi cerem, ci ne modelează pe noi să acceptăm ceea ce ni se dă.

Believing in the absence of receiving

By ANDRÉE SEU PETERSON
Issue: “Eye to eye,” Feb. 21, 2015
Posted Feb. 6, 2015, 01:00 a.m.

On New Year’s Eve my husband prayed: “Father, my prayer in 2014 was that another of our children would be saved. Since this did not happen, I am excited that you have an even better plan!”

This is the kind of prayer I would only share “in-house.” To tell it to unbelievers would hand them ammunition and give scoffers cause to scoff, saying we Christians are so stupid that even evidence doesn’t burst our fantasy.

(de aici)



Categories: Teologice

2 replies

  1. Pmind bucuros ceea ce mi se dă pot să accept mai ușor refuzul la ceea ce am cerut.

  2. titlul tradus corect ar fi “Credinta este un instrument”, nu? caci “Credinta este un lucru” este o trad vaga si poate insemna multe altele…

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