Re: [TruthTalk] and kids from Pops

[Knpraise]

Hi Kalena.�� I am suggesting that we use the bad times
in our walk with God� rather than reject them out of
hand.�� Psalm 51:16,17 would be a good source passage
here.� Fallow ground is that which is not broken,
un-disturbed, placid,� if you will.�� Before the seed
can be planted, this fallow ground must be broken.
And when brokennes is handed to us in the form of some
present distress, perhaps it is God's willingness to
work in that sadness, bringing us closer to Him, that
should ackowledged.��� That is not saying that He
caused the problem.�� It's just that those things that
the Evil One throws at us, well, in those things God
often does His best service.�

David was responsible for his circumstance, of course,
but in that very terrible sin, because of David's turn
to God, in his grief and contrition and brokenness,
David saw the value of this state.�

Belonging to the right church, believing in the right
doctrine (one cup, music, plurality of elders, et al)
has precious little to do with how we live our
everyday lives�� ....�� much as the teaching of
sacrifice.�� David is not saying that sacrifice is
unimportant, but that contrition and brokenness go to
a very different aspect of our lives.�� Being correct
in the teachings of New Testament scripture is
important, but when we rest in the correctness of
church dogma, we run the risk of missing the greater
lesson of spiritual blessing.�

Why do bad things happen to good people?� They (the
bad things) help to break up the fallow ground in our
lives.�� God can use these bad things to prepare us
for a closer and richer walk with Him, and in this
"doing," He alone can counter the evil intentions of
hard times.��

John