I am a vessel. God is my Craftsman; Jesus, my Captain. I fly the flag of Love and sail the oceans of affliction. There are 6-billion islands to stop at on the way to my Maker's kingdom, so I'd better get started! God is in control, so there is nothing to shy away from. Frightening and disheartening things are basically the foundation of this sinful world, so they will be inevitable sights along the way. However, they have no ability to stop us if we have a mind to keep God closer-to-heart than anything else we might encounter.
"God does not simply roll the dice to decide the fate of man, he picks up the die and places it wherever he likes." ~Yours Truly
That is to say he knows just what goes on with us and won't simply be whimsically helping us as he feels up to it. God always has a reason; we as human simply make up excuses for his lack of insight when things seem to go wrong and stay wrong. They really only go wrong though when we let them affect us. Think of it instead as a lack of wind, a temporary block in the road that will be overcome in time. That way, we can continue past our personal troubles and reach out with God's comforting hand to those who can't get over it themselves.
I now have the book "Maritide", which that quote above is from, up for download here.
"Lots are cast into the lap, but they are disposed of by the Lord." ~Proverbs 16:33
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