I have recently found an interesting post on my Facebook wall. The author(s) of the text, signed as “Sisters in Christ Worldwide” proclaim(s) that God removes some people from your life because you don’t need them anymore, they are not beneficial to you or he has something better in store for you. And that the fact that those people leave you has nothing to do with you, but rather with God’s plan. So, whoever is leaving your life, be happy and thank God because better things are coming.
I admit I can’t be always sure why some people who left my life did so, and I was there, so I can only wonder how the writer could know since she had certainly not been there. Although it is somewhat comforting that she believes it not to have been my fault. On the other hand, I am fairly certain that the reason for which I left some people definitely had a lot to do with them. Or so I believe, but I suspect the writer can easily claim I am mistaken, as it can be argued that I was removed from those person’s lives because God knew that I was not good enough for them. Seen from this perspective, it does not seem so comforting any more.
So is God some sort of dating agency, whose purpose is to pair you up with Mr. or Miss Perfect? If so, I dare say He seems to fail miserably, as I can’t help but see couples who are somewhat less than ideally matched, and even those whose union appears to be mutually or unilaterally destructive. And in many cases, the divine intervention doesn’t come at all or at least takes a really long time. But again, God is hardly obliged to operate on schedule, is he? Besides, who are we to judge what is good or bad for us? Could it be that it is exactly this kind of seemingly destructive relationships that those people need? For some unfathomable reason?
By the way, aren’t we just moving in circles here? God does the best for you, but you fail to see it because you have no clue what is good for you, as your idea of good and bad can radically differ from God’s perception of these things, and no need to stress whose point of view matters.
In fact, the principal problem with such statements is that they can’t be proved or disproved. Who knows why God does the stuff he does, or whether there is even such a thing as God in the first place. This problem is elegantly solved by attributing the authorship of the said text to the God Himself. I am not familiar with any Holy Scriptures in which He says anything like that, but humbly admit I am hardly an authority in this field. Neither am I “a Sister in Christ Worldwide,” or anywhere else for that matter.
To sum it up, dear writer, you make quite extraordinary claims but you fail to provide equally extraordinary evidence to support them. Your claims may have been intended to provide comfort to the heartbroken, however, given the gaping holes in your reasoning, this comfort is a pure illusion and once the heartbroken people recover from their grief, it becomes painfully obvious that they had their legs ruthlessly pulled, so to speak. I can’t help but wonder whether you wouldn’t have done God a greater service had you left Him out of the sordid affairs of human relationships.
Comprehension check
Are these statements true or false? To see the correct answers, click here.
- Sisters in Christ claim that people are not responsible for their failed relationships.
- The writer shares the Sister’s opinion that being left by someone has nothing to do with the “victims” personality.
- The writer feels that God does not care whether your relationship is good or bad.
- The writer accuses the Sisters of dishonest argumentation.
- The writer believes the Sisters should try harder to explain God’s will.
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