tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4984185482275239146.post5661323671040314173..comments2023-10-19T04:46:58.405-07:00Comments on carrying ballast: platitudesHaleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16425646410486288854noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4984185482275239146.post-64010158968095568392009-02-04T13:48:00.000-08:002009-02-04T13:48:00.000-08:00Sabrina -- to be fair, He does eventually open a w...Sabrina -- to be fair, He does <I>eventually</I> open a window. :-)<BR/><BR/>But I TOTALLY agree with you on the "don't sweat the small stuff, it's all small stuff" thing. I actually get kind of angry when people say that, like you said, say that to a kid with a tumour. It is a bit too simplistic for my liking and it really . . . I think it really (what's the word I'm looking for? I can't think of it) well it just makes them feel really put-down as though what they're going through doesn't matter.Deborahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17292095935238351675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4984185482275239146.post-78967300139249815872009-02-04T12:36:00.000-08:002009-02-04T12:36:00.000-08:00I also can't stand "When God closes a door, He ope...I also can't stand "When God closes a door, He opens a window." Not true. Sometimes God has you sit there for a while, in the room with a closed door AND window.<BR/>Then, the "Don't sweat the small stuff, and it's all small stuff" crowd bothers me also. Tell that to someone who has lost a child or found a tumor.<BR/>So, I think the problem is...life can't be explained that easily. But wait...didn't I just try to explain life easily, by saying it can't be explained easily? Hmmm....Sabrinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08231810666848366627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4984185482275239146.post-44731720873869549802009-02-04T07:28:00.000-08:002009-02-04T07:28:00.000-08:00Yep, I totally agree with you. "All in God's timi...Yep, I totally agree with you. "All in God's timing" is a bit of a stretch to me too. Rain falls on the just and the unjust alike. It really is unbiblical to think we can know the reason for why good happens to some people and trouble happens for others. It will all work out in the end is really only absolutely true in light of eternity.Serenityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08621332625562122360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4984185482275239146.post-39702102142460398202009-02-04T07:21:00.000-08:002009-02-04T07:21:00.000-08:00You are absolutely right. I went through some real...You are absolutely right. I went through some really crappy stuff when I was in university and people would say the same sort of stuff to me and I'd kind of be like, "oh really? what's your basis for that?" because you kinda look at Job and go, "hmm, things didn't get better for him, they just kept getting crappier and crappier, for all I know my whole herd of cows is going to wiped out. If I had a herd of cows."<BR/><BR/>So yeah, it's important to be realistic and look at the REAL big picture -- not that things are necessarily going to get better (unless you want to look at the eternal picture that we're going to be with Jesus in the end), but that God has a plan and that he will use the bad stuff and use it for good. And heck, sometimes we won't even SEE the good that He works out of it.<BR/><BR/>But the words we just need to offer is that God is the Man with a Plan and maybe sometimes that plan is really weird and maybe not even fun. But it is always for good because it is from God.<BR/><BR/>And of course this is easy for me to say because my job is secure and as long as there isn't world peace my husband's job is secure . . . but I think these things even apply to kidney stones, weird as it may sound (Romans 5, baby!).Deborahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17292095935238351675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4984185482275239146.post-66342164769269762372009-02-04T07:20:00.000-08:002009-02-04T07:20:00.000-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Deborahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17292095935238351675noreply@blogger.com