#85 “We don’t need God…”

If that’s not a bold statement… Then I don’t know what is… shock value is what I am going for here people… “Ok I take that back” He is very relevant but we need to find his relevancy.

God has a very different relevancy to you and me here in the wonderful bubble and safety of western civilization. Oh sure bad things happen to us, we suffer from lack of fast food or we can’t afford to buy that new out fit for our hot date at the movies, or God forbid we run out of gas money. I mean dang what if we had to take the bus…?

Well ok maybe some of us face some more severe problems and crisis’s, but the reality is this, we have created a society that takes care of us, need food worst case scenario you go the food bank, need clothes go to the salvation army, a large number of our homeless are that way by choice. ( a large number are there because of drug habits and mental illness)

But for most of us, and I am talking about the people like my self that work a decent job, make enough money to get the odd new thing, drive our car around town, hit up a coffee shop and then head home to pound out some thoughts on our laptop, while listening to music and eating cookies that we picked up for lunch the next day.

This is our life, pretty nice if you ask a lot of the world, beyond the wildest dreams an even larger group of people in 3rd world countries. Cookies… coffee… laptop… music… car… wow. Where is God in that, what do I need him for. As far as I can tell I am doing pretty well for myself.

Ok sure I can be thankful. I have my health I have the blessing of living in the nicest, safest country in the world. And I have the ability to learn, do and make something of myself.

So sure he is relevant in that aspect but if I get sick I have free health care, if I hurt myself E.I. and when I retire a pension plan. I don’t need God.

What do I ask him for when I go to bed? “God can you protect my jeep as it sits in my drive way with no roof…” “and God can you make sure you stick around so that when the S#!T hits the fan I can B!@ch and moan about things and ask you to help me out of a pinch…”
“Amen”

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