Breakfast With God

One of Christianity's biggest questions is: Why did God give us free will? He's the all-knowing, all-seeing, all-present God, so why did He not foresee that we (I mean, Adam and Eve - oops) would totally screw things up? He could have prevented all of this drama we still have to deal with a million years later, no? Well, the answer came to me this morning when I was reading Genesis 2 - which narrates the creation of man, and God's well-intentioned instruction that Adam and his wife should steer WELL clear of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. " You are free to eat from any tree in the garden, but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die. " (Genesis 2: 16-17) This was the answer: God never wanted robots. From Day One, He wanted people who would take the time to get to know Him, build a bond with Him, and come to love Him for who He really is. And isn't that what most of ...

One of my favourite things to pray in the morning is, Lord, please help me to be patient, loving, kind and full of compassion, today. Help me to be considerate, put the interests of others above my own, and be a great reflection of you . I love saying these words so much because it's one of the most earnest desires of my heart. But what I fail to think about, almost every time I pray this prayer, is just how God is going to help me be these wonderful, angelic-esque things.  In my head, it goes a bit like this: God waves his wand around a few times (all the while thinking what an awesome kid He's got), and I'm all of a sudden immune to all the bad drivers out there, my shoulder is the perfect one to lean on, and I just can't help but spread sparkle and smiles all around this dark, dark world. Yeah. Not really likely. You see, when we ask God to change, mould or even break us, what He really presents us with is an opportunity to build that particular muscle in ...