"'Go and cry out to the gods you have chosen. Let them deliver you in the time of your oppression.' ... So they got rid of the foreign gods among them and worshiped the Lord, but He became weary of Israel's misery."
Judges 10:14,16
Question of the Day:
How weary is the Lord of the misery I bring upon His house? How many more chances will He give me for the same sins? How long will His patience last before He loses faith in me and leaves me behind with the false gods and idols I prostitute myself to? How can He trust me after I have treated Him so poorly?
Answer of the Day:
As my wife puts it, He does have a responsibility to love us and care for us. We are His Creation, after all. In the same way I have the responsibility to raise my child and look after him until adulthood (and even then some), so also the Lord has the responsibility to raise me and discipline me until I am Raptured into Heaven with full Spiritual maturity and the new, promised, glorified body.
Prayer of the Day:
Lord, teach me and discipline me. Do not let me fall any further away from the proverbial apple tree. Instead, shade me under Your branches and protect me from harsh winds. Prune me so that only righteous and pleasing fruit is borne on my limbs. Completely separate me from the rotten fruits I've dropped in the past. Don't let me keep my fruits to myself, but let it be plucked while it is ripe and ready, so that all who enter my shade may be blessed and see Your hand in my growth. Amen.
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