Selwyn, now moves on to a new topic. He says: “Having seen something of the way in which God weaves the details of our lives into His big story we move on now to consider the question: How should we live as participants in God’s big story? First, we must accept the inevitabilities of life. … meanwhile we wait, and accept life’s inevitabilities with fortitude and grace” – that flow to us by the power of His Spirit.
We serve our Lord, Jesus, in the confines of a broken, fallen world – everything is broken including our thinking – that is, our intellect is also flawed. The only aspect that is not broken and is a foretaste of heaven, can be summarised as follows: God’s love for us is perfect, God’s holiness is perfect, and God’s justice is perfect. In this we trust – meanwhile, Satan, is doing everything in his power to break this bond of love and trust. Do you agree?
Accepting the inevitable (bad things do happen to good people)
Selwyn, now moves on to a new topic. He says: “Having seen something of the way in which God weaves the details of our lives into His big story we move on now to consider the question: How should we live as participants in God’s big story? First, we must accept the inevitabilities of life. … meanwhile we wait, and accept life’s inevitabilities with fortitude and grace” – that flow to us by the power of His Spirit.
We serve our Lord, Jesus, in the confines of a broken, fallen world – everything is broken including our thinking – that is, our intellect is also flawed. The only aspect that is not broken and is a foretaste of heaven, can be summarised as follows: God’s love for us is perfect, God’s holiness is perfect, and God’s justice is perfect. In this we trust – meanwhile, Satan, is doing everything in his power to break this bond of love and trust. Do you agree?