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Thursday, October 28, 2004
Don't Blame The Lord for Your Sin
By Ed del Rosario
DON'T blame the Lord for your sin; the Lord does not cause what he hates. Don't claim that he misled you; he doesn't need the help of the sinners to accomplish his purposes. The Lord hates all evils in all its forms, and those who fear the Lord find nothing attractive in evil. When in the beginning, the Lord created human beings, he left them free to do as they wished. If you want to, you can keep the Lord's commands. You can decide whether you can be loyal to him or not.
He has placed fire and water over you; reach out and take whatever you want. You can have a choice of life and death; you will get whichever you choose. The Lord wisdom and power are great and he sees everything. He is aware of everything a person does, and he takes care for those who fear him. He has never commanded anyone to be wicked or given permission to anyone to sin. (Sirach 15:11-20 TEV)
There are moments in our life that we cannot avoid blaming the Lord. If our family is so poor that we cannot go to school, we blame the Lord for our being poor. If we want something and we can't have it, we blame the Lord for not giving what we want. If we want promotion in our present job, and it was not given to us but instead given to other, we blame the Lord for not being nice to us. If you are being punished because of abusing the power of your position, you blame the Lord for not protecting you. If you are being caught for being unfaithful to your family, you blame the Lord for not being understanding. Every time you do something and the result is not favorable to you, you blame the Lord.
Blaming the Lord for everything that is unfavorable to us is I think is a clear sign that we really don't know fully our Lord God. We just claim that we know him but actually in reality we don't. We lack an intimate relationship with him.
If you know the Lord God, you cannot even in mere imagination blame him. The life that we have is more than enough to thank the Lord. The air that we breathe, the water that we drink, the food that we eat, these are the things that give us life.
Whatever status we have in our life; wealthy or poor, righteous or sinner, it is because we choose for that. "When in the beginning, the Lord created human beings he left them free to do as they wished."
We should always remember that the Lord hates evil things, and for those who fear and follow the Lord they will always find nothing attractive with evil in all its form.
The Lord will always take care, and always aware of all our needs, if we are loyal to him. Remember the Lord will only give us the things that we need not the things that we want. Most of the time the things that we want are not the things that we need. That's why we blame the Lord if it is not given to us.
Since the Lord gives us the freedom to choose what kind of life we should have, let's choose the life with God through Jesus Christ, which is the ultimate destination, is Heaven. Lets not choose a kind of life, which we are being dictated and controlled by earthly desire, and satisfaction, whose ultimate destination is Hell.
So instead of blaming the Lord for all the sins and shortcomings we have in life, we should pray and ask him to give us the strength to bear the pain and be able to manage to hang on for whatever consequences that may arise from the mistakes that we have done. With Jesus Christ at our side nothing will be impossible.
Instead of blaming the Lord, let's praise Him!
(October 28, 2004 issue)
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