{"id":585,"date":"2013-07-23T16:28:47","date_gmt":"2013-07-23T08:28:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/potterdreams.com\/clay\/?p=585"},"modified":"2013-07-23T16:28:47","modified_gmt":"2013-07-23T08:28:47","slug":"wisdom-of-god-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/potterdreams.com\/clay\/wisdom-of-god-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Wisdom of God (2)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I read Tolkien&#8217;s book Children of Hurin&#8230;&#8230;and i was troubled. It&#8217;s so dark&#8230;.very different from his other works like the Hobbit &amp; LOTR. But yesterday, i found out that he actually had a draft of his whole story&#8230;.and interestingly in that final Battle, men was avenged justly.<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t know how to put it. But i feel it&#8217;s probably the same with our present life. There&#8217;re many things we don&#8217;t understand here, why certain things happened, or why bad things happened to good people. And rightly so, because we don&#8217;t see the whole story. We only read a small part of it. While i read only 1 book, which is a long chapter in Tolkien&#8217;s big book of Unfinished Tale. But actually he hid in his mind, the more complete whole story&#8230;&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>I believe that the same with God and life. Only at the End, we would see the whole story. Of our short and temporary life here. And all will make sense. There&#8217;ll be no more questions when we read the whole story. For God is wise and good.<\/p>\n<p>On this knowledge, I rest my life and my future and dreams. Bad fortunes may come, even a bad ending on this life if it must be. But in the light of eternity and God&#8217;s future, it&#8217;s all good and bright.<\/p>\n<p>This song may capture well my mood and thought:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jesus, I my cross have taken,<br \/>\nAll to leave and follow Thee;<br \/>\nDestitute, despised, forsaken,<br \/>\nThou, from hence, my all shalt be.<br \/>\nPerish every fond ambition,<br \/>\nAll I\u2019ve sought, and hoped, and known;<br \/>\nYet how rich is my condition,<br \/>\nGod and Christ are still my own!<\/li>\n<li>Let the world despise and leave me,<br \/>\nThey have left my Savior, too;<br \/>\nHuman hearts and looks deceive me;<br \/>\nThou art not, like man, untrue;<br \/>\nAnd, while Thou shalt smile upon me,<br \/>\nGod of wisdom, love, and might,<br \/>\nFoes may hate, and friends disown me;<br \/>\nShow Thy face, and all is bright.<\/li>\n<li>Man may trouble and distress me,<br \/>\n\u2019Twill but drive me to Thy breast;<br \/>\nLife with trials hard may press me,<br \/>\nChrist will bring me sweeter rest.<br \/>\nO \u2019tis not in grief to harm me,<br \/>\nWhile Thy love is left to me;<br \/>\nO \u2019twere not in joy to charm me,<br \/>\nWere that joy unmixed with Thee.<\/li>\n<li>Haste then on from grace to glory,<br \/>\nArmed by faith and winged by prayer;<br \/>\nGod\u2019s eternal day\u2019s before thee,<br \/>\nGod\u2019s own hand shall guide thee there.<br \/>\nSoon shall close thy earthly mission,<br \/>\nSwift shall pass thy pilgrim days,<br \/>\nHope shall change to glad fruition,<br \/>\nFaith to sight, and prayer to praise.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Source:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hymnal.net\/hymn.php\/h\/460#ixzz2Zr4r33qa\">http:\/\/www.hymnal.net\/hymn.php\/h\/460#ixzz2Zr4r33qa<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I read Tolkien&#8217;s book Children of Hurin&#8230;&#8230;and i was troubled. It&#8217;s so dark&#8230;.very different from his other works like the Hobbit &amp; LOTR. But yesterday, i found out that he actually had a draft of his whole story&#8230;.and interestingly in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/potterdreams.com\/clay\/wisdom-of-god-2\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[88,35,56],"tags":[148,156,299,328],"class_list":["post-585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-assured","category-life","category-restful","tag-destiny","tag-eternity","tag-song","tag-wisdom"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1835,"url":"https:\/\/potterdreams.com\/clay\/into-2021-check-your-heart\/","url_meta":{"origin":585,"position":0},"title":"Into 2021 (Check Your Heart)","author":"clay","date":"November 21, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"The last few days has been weird. 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