Comments on: Why? http://bobhamp.com/freedom/why/ Thinking Differently Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:35:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: shortstop http://bobhamp.com/freedom/why/comment-page-1/#comment-440 shortstop Mon, 27 Jul 2009 21:56:18 +0000 http://bobhamp.com/?p=421#comment-440 I love this blog! Especially this particuliar posting--thanks for the insight on underlying motives when thinking. Maybe we think in some way we can out-do GOD when we say "Why" ...as if we knew better, and we would have run the show completely differently. Right. One thought though--- Do you think that asking HOW is legit when moving forward? I thought when you said, "don't ask WHY-"you might say "aks HOW"... Like maybe: How will this help me grow? Or how can I let this hinder my growth? How does He want me to see it for His kingdom? How does GOD see this...and How should I move forward? It offers solution and re-focus, not "stuck in the rut" Why kind of thinking. Sure, why gets you to know a rationale, but God's ways aren't man's ways. So, even when we arrive at a plausible WHY we don't have the universal viewing...unless He shares that. Again--HOW. How can you use me here, LORD the way you have this set up? How do I go on? How do I view this? How can I work with you on your will? Great post, BobHamp.com! I love this blog! Especially this particuliar posting–thanks for the insight on underlying motives when thinking. Maybe we think in some way we can out-do GOD when we say “Why” …as if we knew better, and we would have run the show completely differently. Right.

One thought though—

Do you think that asking HOW is legit when moving forward? I thought when you said, “don’t ask WHY-”you might say “aks HOW”…

Like maybe:

How will this help me grow? Or how can I let this hinder my growth? How does He want me to see it for His kingdom? How does GOD see this…and How should I move forward?

It offers solution and re-focus, not “stuck in the rut” Why kind of thinking. Sure, why gets you to know a rationale, but God’s ways aren’t man’s ways. So, even when we arrive at a plausible WHY we don’t have the universal viewing…unless He shares that.

Again–HOW. How can you use me here, LORD the way you have this set up? How do I go on? How do I view this? How can I work with you on your will?

Great post, BobHamp.com!

]]> By: Babs http://bobhamp.com/freedom/why/comment-page-1/#comment-429 Babs Thu, 23 Jul 2009 00:03:37 +0000 http://bobhamp.com/?p=421#comment-429 I love how you put the "why" in this light... "Why is it that when things are difficult, people are most driven to ask the question which has the least to do with improving their circumstances?" I've never thought of why as destructive, yet I can confess that it has haunted me in hardship. I have to ask myself now why is "why" so important? Honestly, would it change my view of the circumstances if I understood? Or would I then question "why" God was doing what He was doing and not something else? I'm thinking that maybe it would be and endless cycle of questions. Thank you for this blog. It will be a part of my mindset the next time I begin to ask why. I love how you put the “why” in this light…

“Why is it that when things are difficult, people are most driven to ask the question which has the least to do with improving their circumstances?”

I’ve never thought of why as destructive, yet I can confess that it has haunted me in hardship. I have to ask myself now why is “why” so important? Honestly, would it change my view of the circumstances if I understood? Or would I then question “why” God was doing what He was doing and not something else? I’m thinking that maybe it would be and endless cycle of questions.

Thank you for this blog. It will be a part of my mindset the next time I begin to ask why.

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