Does God reward you?

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Originally Posted by Timmy

Thanks. Got any examples?

I'd venture to say, the rain falls on the just and the unjust. The sun shines on the saint and the sinner. Sickness and health strike the rich and the poor, and Jesus Christ appeared to be reaching for those that the Religious didn’t count as “Blessed” or rewarded.

Christians are way too guilty of claiming a special favor from God. People fall, fail, and are completely human, even in Church. When the divorce rate in our Church was the same as the World, I knew, "Houston, we have a PROBLEM!" While people are counting their supposable blessings, personal deceit grows within the heart. As long as certain things work out, God remains in our little box of lies.

Why doesn't the Church have the "Blessing" of un-failed marriages? If God has joined 2 Believers in Faith, Love, and Truth, nothing should cause them to separate.

I think the bottom line with Life is; you reap what you sow, Christian or not. And, if we would truly judge our blessings for what a blessing "IS", we would discover that sunshine, water, and oxygen is more important than money or some monetary reward that will vanish when we die.