stories

Yesterday I was watching TV at home while having my lunch. There was this incredible story about a woman who once was a prostitute and then a porn star, but never gave up her faith, and is finally having a normal and healthy life. Actually, it looks like a pretty good life.

I was touched, especially when she said that she felt God didn't care about her. She said she had faith but she didn't have trust in God. Again, disappointment with God.

Then I was wondering if they could find someone who is still struggling and living the crappy life but very happy with God. That'll be more impressive. But I guess one of their purposes was to tell people that by following Jesus you can have a better life. My point was proven by their next story: a church survived in Katrina because of God.

Well, I don't know. I have an uneasy feeling about this kind of stories. Did God promise us better life here on earth? Seriously I don't have the answer. He did tell us to seek and he said we will find. My thoughts lead me to Yancey's latest book "prayer".

Maybe God performed a miracle and saved the church during Katrina. I am sure there were many other churches or homes that were destroyed even though people who went to those churches or owned those houses have loved God. The case would be like Jesus healing the blind and paralytic here and there.

My point is that I just don't want to accept the message that was delivered through those touching sometimes miraculous stories. To me, it is incomplete and misleading.