Comments on: God’s Design for the Future

By: Edwin

Edwin — Wed, 31 May 2017 06:23:38 +0000

Thanks Steve cor the reflection

By: Renata

Renata — Wed, 24 May 2017 17:09:22 +0000

Thanks, Steven! I am still meditation of the fact that I know God and God knows the future… and that should be enough assurance. So true! Thank you!

By: Mark Misencik

Mark Misencik — Wed, 24 May 2017 14:36:46 +0000

Hey Steven,

Thanks for clarifying.

Mark

By: Steven Marsh

Steven Marsh — Wed, 24 May 2017 12:54:18 +0000

Thanks for the comments, everyone!

Mark, I don’t think it follows that if I know [A], and [A] knows [B], then I know [B]. As examples: My uncle is a lawyer; I don’t really know about the law, but I know my uncle, and — if I have concerns about the law — I’d feel okay going to him with them. My mother-in-law is an excellent crocheter; I don’t know the first thing about crochet, but I know my mother-in-law . . . and if I want something cool made from yarn, I go to her.

Thus I don’t know the future, but I know God, and I trust in God’s plan for the future, and feel comfortable going to God with my concerns about the future . . . and that’s good enough for me. (In this case, I’m using “know God” in the sense of the classic Baltimore Catechism: “Why did God make you? God made me to know Him, to love Him, and to serve Him in this world, and to be happy with Him forever in the next.”)

By: Mark Misencik

Mark Misencik — Wed, 24 May 2017 11:49:55 +0000

Hey Steven,

Very nice reflection…up to the last line.

My logic may be a little off, but if we know God and God knows the future, then we must know the future. I think you mean to say that if you believe in God, as stated in the first line of the Creed, no?

Mark

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Wed, 24 May 2017 11:48:35 +0000

Another great and relatable reflection from you, Steven! Thank you.

By: Laura

Laura — Wed, 24 May 2017 11:45:53 +0000

Thanks Steven. It is comforting to think about God laying the groundwork for our lives. Thanks be to God.

By: Matthew Able

Matthew Able — Wed, 24 May 2017 08:59:59 +0000

Hey Stephen great reflection. I’ll describe how God just spoke to me thru you. He sometimes speaks to me through numbers but that’s me I leave it to the audience about any error on my part. You know how you wrote someone may say you inspired them 10 years ago. Well the 10th letter of our alphabet is J (for Jesus) God is American, heh heh. Anyway the 15 years you’ve been writing/editing reminds me of the 15 Decades of the Rosary before Saint John Paul II gave us 20 decades. But whether its 15 or 20 Jesus’s I’m listening. And I hope this helps someone. BTW I spent 10 years in the army. Just so sorry I’m a late comer to matters of the faith. Praise be to Jesus 45 times if anyone catches that. God bless you brothers and sisters. P.S. please don’t trivialize God with novelty matters like this or you may be in as much trouble as me. Wouldn’t wish that anyone. I must wonder what God is planting now, and what future we are yet still in for!