Just thought of a great way to explain how God behaves. If you believe in God, at times you would be puzzled by the fact that he is not just, not equitable, not fair, not listening to your prayers etc.. He is not unlike the leader of a large corporation or organisation with multiple responsibilities, or a mom with thousands of children. Assume that even God has a limit to his energy, or concentration, and needs rest from time to time, to get back to his job of running the world with renewed vigour.
Imagine a leader with 10,000 employees each with his or her agenda at the office. How would you deal with it, as their CEO? Or a mom with 10,000 kids running around with a leaking nose, wanting a feed, or in a brawl with each other. If you were the mom, how would you behave? The only solution to preserve your sanity, would be selective memory. That is, focus on the most important issue facing you. And more importantly, FORGET THE REST. And that is exactly what God must be doing. So he does not hear the stock market crashing, whether due to the foolishness of the Greeks, or the Iraqis, or the Americans. He has better things to do at that moment.
For all the problems that engage the attention of a corporate honcho, there are many more that are unavoidably relegated to the back burner.Eventually, some day, they may come under the scanner and get fixed. Until then, Godspeed!
Imagine a leader with 10,000 employees each with his or her agenda at the office. How would you deal with it, as their CEO? Or a mom with 10,000 kids running around with a leaking nose, wanting a feed, or in a brawl with each other. If you were the mom, how would you behave? The only solution to preserve your sanity, would be selective memory. That is, focus on the most important issue facing you. And more importantly, FORGET THE REST. And that is exactly what God must be doing. So he does not hear the stock market crashing, whether due to the foolishness of the Greeks, or the Iraqis, or the Americans. He has better things to do at that moment.
For all the problems that engage the attention of a corporate honcho, there are many more that are unavoidably relegated to the back burner.Eventually, some day, they may come under the scanner and get fixed. Until then, Godspeed!
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PV taught us something like that when he was PM. Problems, however big they may be, have a way of taking care of themselves if we don't actively interfere. Meanwhile as the problems are taking care of themselves we can selectively take care of what we want!
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