So, tonight during my devotional time, I started reading James... I've been reading from The Message which is a paraphrase by Eugene Peterson that I really love when I want to get right to the heart of the matter of what God is saying. Tonight this part struck me...
"If you don't know what you're doing, pray to the Father. He loves to help. You'll get his help, and won't be condescended to when you ask for it." James 1:5
Maybe it is because of a professor I've had in college that I love this verse. You know how some instructors welcome questions and make you feel like an equal when asking them? Well, this prof asks for questions, but I feel like the answer is given condescendingly... I don't think this person means to do it, but it makes the class feel inferior—we are inferior—but it makes asking questions very difficult for me because I hate feeling stupid.
Sometimes, I am afraid that I don't want to pray because I am afraid that God will treat me like this prof.... I know that God is superior, but the fact that I can ask for anything and know that he won't make me feel inferior is such a comfort!! Maybe this all sounds shallow, but it means a lot right now with my situation in life with work & school. I feel so inferior most of the time. It's nice to know that I have a haven, a rock that I can turn to at any time.
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