Seeking God Knows What

During our session on Tuesday, #5 and I had a short discussion about God and adoption, following along the lines of the recent blow-up on one of the forums I visit. I said something about how the notion of God choosing a particular child for me to parent really bothered me. We talked that there are likely two concepts at work here- one dealing with idea that God has completely defined the future and paths our lives will lead and the other has to do with people needing to feel entitled to parent the children they have adopted. Sort of the feeling that “this is what God intended and the reason I was infertile, etc.” I explained to #5 how I felt that adoption was part of the fallout of sin in the world and while God gave me a desire to be a parent, He did not set out to create Widget to be my child through L. To me, that would be the same as God choosing me to have cancer and I just can’t believe God did that.

So, #5 ends up giving me this book called God of the Possible to read. Now, I will admit I got a little bored with the writing format, but the concept was very interesting. The author was trying to prove using Biblical passages while God does foreknow some things, He leaves some things open to the possibility of this happening or that happening depending on our free will. It does make sense to me because if God absolutely knew everything about my future right now, how would I have any free will? I think He is there through whatever decision we make or every bad thing that happens or every good thing that happens. He guides us through our lives, wanting us to choose His love and grace, instead of our self-centered desires. But if He already knows who is going to be “saved” and who is “condemned”, nothing that we chose to do should make any difference. I’m not sure I’m explaining this right
Anyway, a random post about theology