Not Like Me

December 11th, 2024
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I am created in the image of God,  I am like him.

But he is not like me.

I have found this to be a crucial truth to get straight in my brain so that I have the correct expectations of God.  I have to apply this every day to my relationship with God so I can avoid frustrations and confusion.
God tells me through Isaiah, "For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways." Isaiah 55:8.  

God is perfectly holy, perfectly just, perfectly loving and always right.

I am farrrrrrrr from perfect.  I cannot judge God's actions - whether they are right or wrong - based on what I think.  My thinking is very flawed.  It is self-centered, self-seeking and severely limited.  I don't think like God.  I will never think like God.

So I submit to his will, his plan, his purpose.
I am totally confident in God's goodness and his perfect love for me.  I know to the depths of my spirit that God wants the best for me.  Even though I will never understand how he thinks and why he has permitted a painful tragedy to happen in my life when my son was killed, I will trust God.  His ways are not my ways - his ways are perfect.
In response to this truth, I have decided that my way is to walk in trust and faithfulness to God for the rest of my days on this planet.  I have decided to live in gratitude for his free gift of redemption through Jesus.  I don't question what God does or doesn't do.  I don't try to determine if he is right or wrong - I know he is right.  He is always walking beside me, loving me and caring for me, even when he is not doing what I think is best.  He knows better.

I trust you, Abba Father.
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