Some­times I won­der if God came on down to earth just to shut us whiny humans up. I sort of see the whole faith rela­tion­ship thing as a strug­gle between my desire to be as capa­ble and autonomous as pos­si­ble with my nec­es­sary recog­ni­tion that at times I’ve got to ask for help. But it seems like the Israelites and the Jews were tougher folks to please in the Bible.
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