I mentioned to a co-worker today how happy I was to see that Martha Stewart's new season of tv shows had started. The co-worker squinted her eyes and I actually felt animosity radiating from her. She said she didn't understand how people who do wrong would be allowed to prosper. That it shouldn't happen. I got the feeling that she felt that it was some kind of injustice that Martha had the show and the company and the co-worker could barely make ends meet and had debts. The co-worker quotes the bible and plays religious music and goes to church and grew up in the church.
I think she would have a happier, more peaceful life if she understood and accepted that we have the lives God wants us to have. And if he wants Martha Stewart to use her fame to employ hundreds or thousands of people, to communicate messages to the masses, and to provide money she earns to charitable causes, then that's what he wants for her. If he wants the co-worker to have to struggle to make ends meet, then that's his plan for that co-worker. I don't think the co-worker sees the other side - if Martha didn't prosper after doing wrong, what a waste of an opportunity that would be. She has the name, the work ethic, and the intelligence to impact so many people.
I also thought that maybe so many 'bad' things happen to the co-worker and her family because they don't quite get what God's trying to teach them. So, he keeps providing them with opportunities to learn and grow.
Yes, today I got the definite impression the co-worker is a 'cut the baby in half' kind of person instead of the 'turn the other cheek, meek shall inherit the earth' kind. Definitely too much old testament for her.
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