| QUOTES from Feinberg's
chapter |
I don’t have to live my tomorrows today. I don’t know how I’ll
cope when my tomorrows come, but I know that they will come only
one day at a time, and with each day, even as now, there will be
grace to meet each new challenge. That doesn’t mean it will be
fun, but it does mean that for each day God will provide the
strength needed. [225]
No matter how much pain and turmoil there is, it helps the
sufferer to focus on ways God has shown his goodness in spite of
the problems. Counting one’s blessing may seem trite, but it
does in fact give a different perspective on what is happening
to you. [228]
Adam’s sin and its consequences have been imputed to the whole
race. And if people are to die, they must die of some cause,
such as disease. When one realizes this, one understands that
though my wife committed no specific sin after birth that
brought this upon her, this has happened because of sin. It is
her sin in Adam, though she is no more responsible than the rest
of us. It is not the most comforting thought, but it is a
healthy reminder that this isn’t God’s fault, but ultimately
ours. And the human race was warned. [229]
We can’t always take things at face value, nor should we presume
to understand them. And if this is true of things we do and
experience, how much more is it true of God and his ways! [232]
Grace is unmerited favor. That means you get something good you
don’t deserve. But if I don’t merit it at all, it can’t be
unjust that my neighbor gets more grace than I do. In fact, God
isn’t obligated to treat us with any kind of grace. That’s why
it is grace and not justice. And that is also why it can’t be
unjust if someone gets more grace than another. God owes none of
us any grace. If he graciously chooses to give some of us a
better (by our evaluation) lot than others, that is his right.
[236]
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