Today during a quilt sew-in I happened to overhear part of a conversation happening at a nearby table. It totally caught me off guard.
Both are very sweet and caring ladies. One of them is a widow who talks ALL.THE.TIME. Some of her stories are interesting. She was telling about a trip somewhere in England, and on the mantel in the countryside house was a cross-stitch hanging saying "God hears everything you say." They were a bit shocked by that, saying how austere that was, and how it must have been an attempt to teach a child not to swear. Then one of the ladies (who is English) made the comment and said "Hmm. They must have been Baptists."
Are Baptists the only ones who believe that God is omniscient? Are we the only ones who believe that when God's word speaks about the tongue and our words, it actually means what it says? I just can't fathom the mindset of believing that your God or deity is not powerful enough to know what you speak or think. What is the point of serving or trusting in such a limited power?
And it also baffled me that they thought teaching anyone, especially a child, such a concept, was too overbearing for a child. For me, the omniscience of God was always a comforting thought. I liked thinking that God understood my mind and words, even if no one else did. And in a large family, the idea that someone could hear my every word, even more so that he cared enough to do so, was amazing and made me feel very special and very loved.
He hears me.
Both are very sweet and caring ladies. One of them is a widow who talks ALL.THE.TIME. Some of her stories are interesting. She was telling about a trip somewhere in England, and on the mantel in the countryside house was a cross-stitch hanging saying "God hears everything you say." They were a bit shocked by that, saying how austere that was, and how it must have been an attempt to teach a child not to swear. Then one of the ladies (who is English) made the comment and said "Hmm. They must have been Baptists."
Are Baptists the only ones who believe that God is omniscient? Are we the only ones who believe that when God's word speaks about the tongue and our words, it actually means what it says? I just can't fathom the mindset of believing that your God or deity is not powerful enough to know what you speak or think. What is the point of serving or trusting in such a limited power?
And it also baffled me that they thought teaching anyone, especially a child, such a concept, was too overbearing for a child. For me, the omniscience of God was always a comforting thought. I liked thinking that God understood my mind and words, even if no one else did. And in a large family, the idea that someone could hear my every word, even more so that he cared enough to do so, was amazing and made me feel very special and very loved.
He hears me.
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