Ok, so I am going to get a little bit metaphysical here, I hope you don't mind. I have talked before either in this blog or my vlog, about the possibities that lie before us and the choices we make. To summarize, when faced with a major decision in your life that will yield COMPLETELY different results depending on which route you choose, A or B, upon choosing A you are completely elminating the chain of events that B would have caused. This is people you meet, relationships you form, jobs you take, etc. You will live your life with the causality resulting from choosing A. You might look back on that decision in the past and say you would not be the person you are today without making said decision A. However, I have also said that you did not become the person you would have become if you had chosen B.
Hard to follow, but I hope I kind of at least maybe somewhat halfway made sense :)
That being said, there are events in our life that bring us so much pain, that sometimes we wish we would have chosen a different route at some point in the past. There are also times of complete happiness that could only have come about through the decisions, no matter how small or insignificant they may seem, that we made.
This is where my question to you comes in. And it concerns something very near and dear to my heart: God's will.
Does God have a plan for me, a path if you will. Are there certain jobs he has in mind for me to take, people to meet, experiences to have? Or does free will dictate that I make the decisions in my life. The latter has been my stance for a long time, and when speaking of it I would state that God's will was for me to be happy. And here's where another one of my ideas comes into the mix. God is outside of time. Therefore he can see the entire span of my life from beginning to end. Does that necessarily mean that he can change things in the length of my life, or is he just watching and trying to edge me toward the path of complete happiness? I want to be happy. Will following God's path make me happy? Will/does making my own decisions make me happy? Are my decisions and actions God's will, regardless of the consequences?
These are the things that go through my mind when I'm tired and have to wake up early.
Your thoughts, agreeances, and/or criticisms are welcomed and encouraged!
Saturday, September 10, 2011
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