The universe He made...He knows how it works.

I was taking an unfamiliar route on my way home the other night when I ended up getting lost in the woods, or at least a woods-y neighborhood in Memorial. :) I tried to find my way out by just plowing forward and trying to navigate through the 'hood, when I finally came to a dead end. I had been avoiding retracing my steps but eventually had to give up and admit that doing so was the most certain way out of the woods.

"Hmm," I thought. "The most certain way to get out of the woods is to retrace your steps."

The idea struck me as something relevant to my current situation. Enjoying analogy that night, I also realized how I had been holding a pretty tight grip on the wheel.

Earlier today I'd pulled off of the shelf a book that I had been really into three years ago while working after undergrad. It's called "The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People". It talks about operating with clear purpose, and making decisions by asking yourself if the thing you're considering is in line with your ultimate purpose.

I remembered that today when I was thinking about how my life is a gift from God, who made the universe to work the way it did. I just came out of a discussion about Justice, and how some people think God is unjust. We had to remember that God is the one who created the universe and the concept of justice to begin with. So we His creatures cannot tell Him what justice is. Once we trust that His Word is a true explanation of how His universe works, rather than try to fit the confusing things in the Bible into our framework of understanding, we might as well say, "This is how things work, and I want to try to grasp this."



14What then shall we say? Is God unjust? Not at all! 15For he says to Moses,
"I will have mercy on whom I have mercy,

19One of you will say to me: "Then why does God still blame us? For who resists his will?" 20But who are you, O man, to talk back to God? "Shall what is formed say to him who formed it, 'Why did you make me like this?' "[h] 21Does not the potter have the right to make out of the same lump of clay some pottery for noble purposes and some for common use?



All that to say, God has created me for His Glory, and the best thing I can do for myself is to submit my life to that and enjoy the ride, because God promises good things for us now and, especially, later. So I'm figuring a good question to ask myself when making decisions big or small is, "Does this glorify God?"...Does this work toward my ultimate purpose in life...?


It's late...I'm learning as I go along here, so I most definitely welcome challenging comments.