Its All Good, Really!

I think that sometimes we lose focus on the reality that we are made in God's image...that also incases God's emotions. People are sometimes saying you can't be mad...you have to forgive..sure. We can forgive but even God has not let go of His anger right away. In fact His anger stewed for how many years while Noah built the ark? I want you to look that one up I have the answer but you should see what I see to understand my thinking here. And while it rained, God was still angry...and while the waters sat on the earth...God was still angry....and while the waters receded....God was still angry. Until finally there was a sacrifice of thankfulness...an apology of sorts...God was appeased and was remorseful for His actions and has since not flooded the earth again. So my friends I think it healthy to have our emotions...and healthy to let them run thier course because I think we learn new things from it. And I think we become closer to God because of it. God uses everything we experiance because has not God himself experianced all things? Of course He has...and He would want us to experiance less pain and less anguish but sometimes these things...no matter how trivial they seem are necessary to move forward in our path...stumbling stones are a poignant necessity to life. They bring us closer to God thru the use of our knees...skinned up..bleeding...oozing...and He tends to them..tenderly with mercy and grace. He heals thru the use of those stumbling stones...be they anger...bitterness...sadness....despair....what is your stumbling stone? what brings you ever closer to the feet of God in your need? What does He allow to make you sit a little longer and hear him? Just some interesting thoughts.....