Yesterday in one of our Lenten study groups we got into a discussion about being mad at God as part of staying in love with God. Most in the group agreed that you could be mad at someone, or even not like someone, and still love them. Some of us with spouses discussed this as a "seasoned" love. Taking this into consideration, many in the group felt you could be in love with God and mad at God at the same time.
This got me thiking about being mad at God. I can't think of a time I've been mad at God. I tried to make a list of reasons to be mad at God now, but each one seemed to be boiling down to other people or myself that I was really mad at.
I wondered if I was afriad to be mad at God, as if God couldn't handle it. But that didn't seem to be it. I know I'm generally not that great at handling anger, but that didn't seem to be it either.
I'm beginning to wonder if my theology has a place for me to be angry at God. Often when people are angry at God it's because they want God to do something and God doesn't, or they wonder why God did do something, or "let something happen." To me this supposed a God with more power than I understand God to have. I see God as choosing to limit God's power. There are some things God can't do. So if God can't do something, I can't really get mad at God for doing or not doing it.
What do yuo think? Do you get mad at God?
1 comments:
I don't think I get angry "at" as much as I get angry "that" ... I get angry that there is hunger or angry that children are hurt by war, etc. But I think mine is an undirected anger, not directed "at" God or anyone.
Hmm.. I wonder what that means?
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