Sit by me, friend, and live a ridiculous life!
With desperation, I can ALMOST (!) hear you, then, asking me, “What is this one unknown truth that makes my plant (I.e., life!) flourish?”
Great question! I’m glad you asked (me!)!
It’s the following truth:
Join people in over fifty countries who read this to gain valuable life wisdom! (Or maybe they’re just laughing at me? . . . Whatever!)
God has terrible math skills!
And so, in today’s article, we will:
- Prove that God (sometimes!) has terrible math skills.
- Explain how God’s bad math skills will help you to soar in your life!
You’re welcome!
Good luck!
Part 1
“How can I have the MOST productive, important life?” I asked God over and over.
Not that I am neurotic or anything, but I obviously asked this only so I could best help others thrive!
Well, that part came a bit later (it’s still coming a bit), but the point is that we ALL want to be IMPORTANT and AMAZING, if we push past the clutter of our words that we try to make ourselves believe when people are listening to us.
When I had my first child, I was almost immediately asked by a helpful (?) family member what everyone else was thinking: “Can you earn more money if you get someone else to take care for your baby, versus if you do it?” (I.e., He was basically asking me something like, “Do you have more earning potential than an unskilled nine-year old?”) Yes!
I did!
“Then you’ll put your kid in daycare,” his brain automatically assumed. He was talking without thinking. Makes sense!
The math adds up!
But then it seemed God was asking me to care for and then homeschool our two1 kids for twenty years.
That kind of math does NOT make sense.
God doesn’t seem to care much about math, because there was a LOT of other stuff I could have done during that time. God is not as PRACTICAL as the rest of us. This complaint is actually one of the (many) complaints I have had about God over the years.
Dr. Robertson McQuilkin, a prominent author, educator, and former president of Columbia Bible College and Seminary, famously resigned from his prestigious position in 1990 to become the full-time caregiver for his wife, Muriel, who was suffering from early-onset Alzheimer’s disease.
Source: Focus on the Family: Love In The Midst Of Alzheimer’s
Part 2
And so, how do God’s bad math skills help you to soar in your life?
For one, you can write online (if God is calling you to do this2). And then, you can write online with confidence! And if only ONE person (your mom?) reads your stuff, then you can still trust that your life is amazing!
I can trust that my small life, in the palm of His hand, is stewarded well as I do my best, falling as I go, to walk along the path He chooses for me because God carries the responsibility for what exactly a life well lived consists of!
[God] rewards those who earnestly seek Him.
So you can relax and follow God, and not care so much about what everyone else thinks of you or about boring stuff like whether your life is a good use of time, as valued by something as dumb as math skills! And that is freeing (once you can become socially adjusted enough not to care what others think of you, which took me twenty years3). But the IDEA is freeing once I can finally trust that my life has value as I trust Him to lead me!
And one day, I sensed in the depths of my heart God comforting me by whispering something along the lines of:
I won’t waste your life4.
So keep having a life that makes no sense, friend!
(We know better, regardless of what the math says.)
Thanks for liking me! I like you too! – Proven HERE, HERE, and HERE! Let’s journey together!
Photo Credit: Me (N U) In God’s Hands by Jennifer Delmarre on Unsplash, Me (N U) Soaring by Alfonso Betancourt on Unsplash
1 No! That’s not eight or twelve!
2 If you are a Christian who believes EXACTLY the same stuff as me, then You should be writing online, too! At least that’s what I think: We need more people to spout off and to say things just like I would, and to be exactly like me, is basically what I believe, though I would say that in a more nuanced way, if I were ever to mention that above a whisper.
3 And I’m not there yet!
4 Would I believe Him? Well, that’s for next time. But know that I did (!) start writing online! And then, my Mom even read what I wrote once! And now, even YOU read it! (More on why or if that matters another time.)
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