Hello Everyone.
Last week, I asked you to post your questions on Facebook and I told you I would do my best to answer them. Before I get to the questions, let me give you a couple of things. First of all, I am not associated with the movie, Despicable Me so any questions regarding those minions, I will decline to answer. Second, please remember that when I write these posts, they are just my opinions and what I believe the Lord shows me. I do not have any type of degree or certification counseling so if you have a serious problem, please seek professional help as I don't want to lead you astray.
OK, let's get to the questions.
1. MB - How do I get a guy like you? Let me start by saying how flattered I am at the question. While this may sound like false humility, I really don't consider myself all that special but I am a good guy. So how do you get a good guy (someone better than me, I hope)? My first thought is that you have to find one. So when you are around boys or girls, ask yourself how they make you feel and why? Are they good to you and do they treat you right? Do they always strive to do the right thing (even if they aren't perfect)? Do they make you feel special and are you compatible? Is there any real attraction between the two of you? If the answer to these questions is yes then you have found someone.
Now here's the hard part - How do you get them to like you? The answer is - you can't. Just be yourself, if they like you for you then great. If not, then they really aren't the person for you. If you have to change yourself to be someone else for them to like you, eventually you will go back to being your real self and then you have a problem or you will change so much that you won't like yourself. So just be you. Be bold enough to go say hello to them and talk to them and then see what happens. MB, if you have more questions, please don't hesitate to ask and I will try to answer.
MP - What is the meaning of life? According to Webster's dictionary one meaning is - the condition that distinguishes organisms from inorganic objects and dead organisms, being manifested by growth through metabolism, reproduction, and the power of adaptation to environment through changes originating internally. If you mean philosophically, I really don't know.
TTS - Why is life so confusing when it gets hard? There are a lot of reason for that but I think one thing that happens to me is when life gets hard my emotions tell me one thing and my head tells me something else. When that happens, sometimes my heart is right, sometimes my head is right. The only thing I can tell you is to take your decisions to God. When you get peace from Him about the right decision, then go with it. I will probably try to expand on this in another post.
JAE & AA - What's your favorite food? - That is a hard question and the answer changes based on the mood I am in at the time. I like almost all kinds of food. Over the course of my life, my absolute favorite has probably been pizza.
KL - Why does God allow awful things like abuse, especially child and domestic to occur? The Lord is supposed to be this all-knowing, all-loving, kind, caring God. Yet He lets his children suffer? KL, I have struggled with this question for many years. I mean, why did God let the serpent take the blessing in the garden of Eden anyway? Part of the answer is that we are free will beings and we can choose what we do. Thing about this - If you could make someone love you and you knew that the only reason they loved you is because you made them, would you make them love you? I wouldn't because it wouldn't be real love. I believe that God set a system in place and he expected us to follow that system. As adults when we don't then there is the risk that we will get hurt. Now let me say, I can feel pain from thinking about child abuse and I don't know why this happens. It is so awful and so wrong. I believe that God's hands are tied in certain places and sometimes he can't interfere but I really don't know why. Now I can hear some of you saying that God is all powerful and he can do anything. If that's the case, why did Jesus have to come die for my sins? KL, I don't feel like I did a good job of answering this question but I hope this helps some.
PC - Who is better - Batman or Superman? - In my book, Superman is better. Why because he always stood for truth, justice and the American way plus he could fly and was super strong.
FB
That's another Opinion of the Minion
Last week, I asked you to post your questions on Facebook and I told you I would do my best to answer them. Before I get to the questions, let me give you a couple of things. First of all, I am not associated with the movie, Despicable Me so any questions regarding those minions, I will decline to answer. Second, please remember that when I write these posts, they are just my opinions and what I believe the Lord shows me. I do not have any type of degree or certification counseling so if you have a serious problem, please seek professional help as I don't want to lead you astray.
OK, let's get to the questions.
1. MB - How do I get a guy like you? Let me start by saying how flattered I am at the question. While this may sound like false humility, I really don't consider myself all that special but I am a good guy. So how do you get a good guy (someone better than me, I hope)? My first thought is that you have to find one. So when you are around boys or girls, ask yourself how they make you feel and why? Are they good to you and do they treat you right? Do they always strive to do the right thing (even if they aren't perfect)? Do they make you feel special and are you compatible? Is there any real attraction between the two of you? If the answer to these questions is yes then you have found someone.
Now here's the hard part - How do you get them to like you? The answer is - you can't. Just be yourself, if they like you for you then great. If not, then they really aren't the person for you. If you have to change yourself to be someone else for them to like you, eventually you will go back to being your real self and then you have a problem or you will change so much that you won't like yourself. So just be you. Be bold enough to go say hello to them and talk to them and then see what happens. MB, if you have more questions, please don't hesitate to ask and I will try to answer.
MP - What is the meaning of life? According to Webster's dictionary one meaning is - the condition that distinguishes organisms from inorganic objects and dead organisms, being manifested by growth through metabolism, reproduction, and the power of adaptation to environment through changes originating internally. If you mean philosophically, I really don't know.
TTS - Why is life so confusing when it gets hard? There are a lot of reason for that but I think one thing that happens to me is when life gets hard my emotions tell me one thing and my head tells me something else. When that happens, sometimes my heart is right, sometimes my head is right. The only thing I can tell you is to take your decisions to God. When you get peace from Him about the right decision, then go with it. I will probably try to expand on this in another post.
JAE & AA - What's your favorite food? - That is a hard question and the answer changes based on the mood I am in at the time. I like almost all kinds of food. Over the course of my life, my absolute favorite has probably been pizza.
KL - Why does God allow awful things like abuse, especially child and domestic to occur? The Lord is supposed to be this all-knowing, all-loving, kind, caring God. Yet He lets his children suffer? KL, I have struggled with this question for many years. I mean, why did God let the serpent take the blessing in the garden of Eden anyway? Part of the answer is that we are free will beings and we can choose what we do. Thing about this - If you could make someone love you and you knew that the only reason they loved you is because you made them, would you make them love you? I wouldn't because it wouldn't be real love. I believe that God set a system in place and he expected us to follow that system. As adults when we don't then there is the risk that we will get hurt. Now let me say, I can feel pain from thinking about child abuse and I don't know why this happens. It is so awful and so wrong. I believe that God's hands are tied in certain places and sometimes he can't interfere but I really don't know why. Now I can hear some of you saying that God is all powerful and he can do anything. If that's the case, why did Jesus have to come die for my sins? KL, I don't feel like I did a good job of answering this question but I hope this helps some.
PC - Who is better - Batman or Superman? - In my book, Superman is better. Why because he always stood for truth, justice and the American way plus he could fly and was super strong.
FB
That's another Opinion of the Minion
You had me at Superman. He is a symbol of strength, character, and leadership. Yet, he is still vulnerable and human. I can only think of one other man that can surpass Superman, and he was not a fictional character. Jesus Christ showed the same traits and he could walk on water, control storms, and continues to inspire billions of people over 2000 years after his death and resurrection.
ReplyDeleteWell said. Something that makes Him even more amazing is there is no Kryptonite for him! When we operate his way, there isn't anything that can stop us. I think we want to equate him in the same way we equate all superheros with a vilian capable of defeating them under the right circumstances but it's simply not true. He signed his vilian's fate 2000 years ago and nothing the vilian can do will change it! Pretty amazing stuff.
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