God is God and I Am Not

"He’d been a pastor twenty years
But tonight he sits alone and brokenhearted
In the corner of the church
He’s tried to change a fallen world
With his words and with his wisdom
But it seems like it is only getting worse
And he cries
Oh Lord I just don’t understand
And then he felt the hand of grace,
And he heard a voice that said
I have been there" --Mark Schultz "I Have Been There"


Ever feel like living your faith is a losing proposition?  Does the pain of seeing others around you who live in a dangerous manner bother you?  I have become quite close to this but some words offer hope in the trials and tribulations that come with life.  In this, I was listening to a playlist of Christian songs as a change of pace from the Worship music I love.  (There is a difference between Christian music and Worship music.)  Sometimes when we feel the closest to God, we can find that we become more alone than we thought possible.  According to a translation of St Irenaeus, "The glory of God is man fully alive."  We praise God for the goodness he has given us.  Our lives are meant to experience fully what God has created for us and what he intends for us.  We are meant to worship God and be led to holiness and virtue.  We must continue to persevere in faith and continue to seek God in all things.  Faith is our expression of our belief in things unseen.  How we live our lives will show how we believe.  The goodness of God allows us to live as we choose and, in turn, we do all things for his glory.