contemplations continued

thanks for all of your thoughts from my last post. some of you posted your resopses to my blog, but i talked to several of you persoanally on the matter, too. after hearing your responses, i feel the need to clairify my statement a bit. i am at peace with God and i am living in a time of blessing. i have had some struggles with which God has used to develop my character, but over all, i have lived in a lifelong period of easy street. there have been very few ashes for God to turn to beauty. that is what causes my questions. i know god uses everything to the good for those who are in christ, so i see that as the reason my life has bveen as easy as it has been. this is not bragging on my part. just simply a realization that i've been sweating the small stuff for a long time. i am so glad god is working in each of your lives to show you his glory. we have a wonderful god who does expect to give us everything he gave his son. that is both exciting and scary. thanks for your dialogue.