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Bulos Chulos's avatar

Bravo!

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"Many today want to talk about “God’s plan for their life.” They put themselves at the center. God will make me special. God will make my life special. He has a plan just for me. I hate to break it to you. God does not have a special plan for your life. You are not at the center of things. It is not about you. It is about God. In fact, most of the time, being in line with God’s saving action will mean setting aside your plan for your life. It will mean sacrificing what you want."

This is a powerful quote. Quite common to hear something along the lines of "God loves me and forgives my ___ behavior..." from both Christians and non believers alike. I've never understood how to respond to this line but sort of intuited it was off the mark. I once met a monk living in the middle of nowhere who told me he longed to live at Mt. Athos after spending some time there, but an Archimandrite had told him his station in life was where he was at. He totally accepted that his own desires, however noble, were just not part of the deal.

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