I would seriously be a rich man if I had a nickel for every time I heard someone break up with their boyfriend or girlfriend. It drives me nuts.
God—the Ground of all Being, the Dweller in Deep Darkness, the Mystery beyond Knowledge—told you to dump your bf? He may not have done much for your life, or for the framework through which you see reality, but you are certain that this deity told you it wasn’t working out.
It couldn’t possibly have been the fact that he plays video games 5 hours a day, or that she whines every other sentence.
Now, some of you may accuse me of drawing up a false dichotomy here. God, the Painter of the Cosmos, is indeed concerned with every molecule of His creation—He is incredibly precise. He cares about the raging pandemic infecting the world, as well as the death of a blade of grass in my front yard.
So yes, He is involved in our relationships and our endings of them. Or at least, He cares about them…His involvement in them is questionable.
It would sure be nice if the god we read about in the Bible was reduced to a Magic 8 Ball which we shook when we wanted answers. But here’s the catch: that would mean that sometimes it would give you answers you don’t like.
Have you noticed that whenever God tells someone to end a relationship, they don’t seem too bummed about it?
“Yah Jerry, I’m sorry. God just told me that we just should just be friends, because, like, I just didn’t feel peace about it.”
There are also an abundance of ‘justs’ when Christians have awkward conversations. Or pray.
Imagine if God actually told someone to end their relationship. It probably would not be what that person wanted, for one. I mean, where in the Bible does God tell people to do something and they say Oh phew! That’s what I was hoping you’d say!
God tells Abram to leave all of his land and his family. He also tells him to sacrifice his firstborn son.
He tells Moses, a timid shepherd, to stand up to the powerful Egyptian king, and later, that he won’t enter the Promised Land.
Jesus tells all believers to pick up their crosses (torture/execution devices) daily.
