I sometimes wonder if we can make God weary. I understand that God is omnipotent, and that the thought of us wearing Him down is rather ridiculous, but at the same time, I wonder if there isn’t a bit of peevishness or frustration the creeps in at times. What brought this to mind was some of the prayer request that we are constantly sending up to Him. I don’t know if you’ve ever noticed, but most of the prayer requests that are brought up have to do with the illness of people who are not part of the congregation. We hear about cousins and friends and distant relatives that are going through really difficult times . Our heart goes out to them. We put them on our prayer list. And we pray for them.
Which brings up that eternal question, “Don’t you think God already knows about this?”
On Wednesday nights we are working through Jeremiah. We started months ago and that caused me to read through the book plus some of the other prophets. One of the things that comes through repeatedly is the incredible patience that God has towards people who think they are in the inner circle. He is continually calling on Israel to repent, and with some basic guidelines. He offers to forgive. He offers to restore. He bends over backwards for a bunch of unworthy and ungrateful semi pagans.
I’m not sure which would be more frustrating. Our prayer request or our disobedience.
When given a chance I will ask about the spiritual condition of the person. Sometimes there is no knowledge. It troubles me that it doesn’t seem to be the concern. What is the gain if someone is cured of cancer and continues in disobedience? I guess it gives them another chance to repent but the destination has not been changed by a healthy scan.
homo unius libri
Wednesday, April 1, 2026
Opus 2026-172: Quite an Accomplishment
Opus 2026-171: Wildflower Watch: Or Not
Our first few years in Texas seemed to show that there was an established pattern to the appearance of different wildflowers. It seemed to start with blue bonnets and much later you would have the indian paint brush. That pattern is totally a fantasy this year. We have both of them coming up at the same time but in very limited numbers.
The blue bonnets are looking pathetic. They are few and have lots of breathing room. They also are much shorter than in years past. I imagine people would blame in on the drought conditions.
There are also milkweed blooming which I thought happened almost last.
There are also some generic yellow, white and purple patches but they tend to be background for the rest of the blooms. They may be the main act this year.
homo unius libri