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Originally Posted by ILG
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This is such a wonderful thing that the Amish are doing. It truly shows Christian charity and forgiveness.
Now, on the flip side....the attitude of the Amish and many Christians are "It's God's will for my life. I must accept it and go on and forgive". This is good and great on one side of the coin. On the flip side, how does a Christian know when to not accept bad things as "God's will" and look for better choices for themselves? The reason I bring this up is because, in Amish life, basically anything is seen as "God's will". This is true in many lives of Christians in general.
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That is the Amish way that does show a level of charity and forgiveness that ought to convict most of americanized Christendom.
You bring up an interesting and timeless question. Is is all God's will?
Certainly not. However, how we react to circumastance can be according to God's will.
Where the Amish, and others, take things too far is where they conclude everything as God's will and make few attempts to apply God's principles in order to effect circumstance.
My ex-Amish friends that are now emotional distrubed OPs
tell me that sickness is considered God's will and that is why they don't pray for healings. How can you pray against God's will in any circumstance if that circumstance be God's will? I believe that is the thinking. So if its all God's will, what is the point of reactive, effectual prayer? Maybe that is way the prayer books are so handy.
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