And we can allow God to do what only He can. Knowing that God is way bigger than anything we can imagine means we can release control. God will never fit into any box we try to make for Him. We can’t confine him to an earth sized box and try bring Him down to our level. Let God be God.įor us to really thrive in life, we need to remember that God is God. And so we need to step back and let God be God. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts. As God tells us in His Word in Isaiah 55:8-9,įor my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord. #ACW #leilahalawe Click To Tweet He is bigger than our minds can comprehend. Because the reality is, there is no box big enough for God. We need to take God out of the box we have made for Him. Like the children of Israel, we have expectations of who God is and what he should do for us. He came to make a way for us to be reconciled with God. He came to bring life and eternity with our Heavenly Father. When they saw Jesus and all He could do, they expected Him to free them from the government they were under. When Jesus comes on the scene, the people of Israel were under Roman rule. In reality, we’re no different to the people of Israel. We bring him down to our level and expect him to do all that we want or need. Even when my situation is hard due to my own actions, he still takes the blame. And when he doesn’t do what I ask of him, he takes the blame for it. Pretty much does exactly what I want him to do. ![]() And the God that sits in this box does exactly what I want. There have been times where I have put God into a neat little box. He was sending me that same message now, as I worked on my story about suffering.Īnd, just like last time, He did it through a box of See’s Candies.What is your view of God? When you think about God, how powerful is He in your mind? Is He sovereign? Does God seem mighty and all knowing? Or is God more human like? That He was looking out for me through the love and kindness of those around me. Once, during a period of intense suffering, God had reassured me that I wasn’t alone. It was only later, when I was back at my desk with two of my favorite pieces of See’s, that the significance of it all came to me. There was too much sugar at home, so I brought it to work.” “Every year, my relative sends a box for the holidays. “Is that a box of…See’s Candies?” I asked. ![]() My co-worker Kate Norris was standing next to it. The next morning, I walked into the kitchen at work and found a white box sitting on the counter. READ MORE: MYSTERIOUS WAYS –PENNIES FROM HEAVEN To be honest, it was kind of putting me in a funk. The topic was fascinating, but required me to really think about all the times I’ve suffered. I was having a tough day, working on a story about the mystery of suffering for Mysterious Ways magazine. The next day, I found myself at work, wishing I’d given Priscilla a different answer. So I told her no.Īfter New Year’s, Priscilla returned home from her trip…minus See’s. But I was in desperate need of a break from sweets. I wanted to say yes when Priscilla asked if I wanted a box of See’s. So, every now and then, whenever one of my sisters travels to California, they bring me back a box of the good stuff. But it’s a common sight in the airports of California. The candy isn’t sold everywhere in New York. I’d never heard of See’s Candies, but I was delighted to discover the brand was headquartered in far-away San Francisco, which seemed like a very exotic place to my 14-year-old self.Įver since then, I’ve had a soft spot (or, you could say, a gooey caramel center) for See’s. It was a gift from one of my dad’s co-workers. A box of See’s lollipops, each square-shaped with a shiny gold wrapper like something out of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. One box, though, stood out amidst the sea of Russell Stover and Godiva. And many a box of candy appeared that summer. Luckily, during scary times, people usually send you chocolate. I had to undergo brain surgery to remove a benign cyst sitting on my optic nerve. It was the summer before my first year of high school and also one of the hardest times of my life. Allow me to take you back to the year 1997.
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