For a long time it had seemed to me that life was about to begin β my real life.
But there was always some obstacle in the way, some challenge to be gotten through first; some unfinished business; time that still to be served as if it were a prison sentence; a debt to society that was still owed to who knows who. Then my life would begin.
Finally it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life. This was how I chose to experience my life.
Sitting and waiting but not really sure what I was waiting around to experience. Some believe that the Christian God has absolutely everything planned in advance; that He has scripted our every joy and injury to serve some divine plan of the ages. All we can do is yield to this Divine Plan. Resistance is futile, or if we try it, it is part of the script too.
Such a view makes freedom of will an illusion. It also eliminates personal responsibility: that genocidal slaughter was fated by the Deity, so why blame the murderers? The real Perpetrator would be God. No, such a view defames and dishonors the Creator, yet many religions teach variations of it. They do not really know God.
So who do you listen to? Does anyone have the Truth? No degree of philosophy or doctorate in theology is needed to understand the Bible. Sophisticated philosophies actually obscure rather than reveal the Truth. The Bible assures us "if you search for understanding as for hidden treasure, you will find the very knowledge you seek" "Preach the Word... correct, reprove, and encourage, with great patience and careful instruction."
Nowhere does it say that I have to create great obstacles in order to live my life. I am talking about Free Will. Itβs there for the taking. We can have choices in life in both what we will experience and how we will experience it.
