I fall on my face a lot when I read the scriptures. The more I read the more it humbles me. I'm not sure what all I am right about. Reading the bible gets hard for me because everything has been forgiven at one time or another. There are places where God goes back on his word. Here is one of several examples of this:
Exodus 32: 14. "Then the LORD relented and did not bring on his people the disaster he had threatened."
This type of language appears quite a few times in the old testament. I know god is not confused or a liar. So, what does this mean. I tell you, honestly, I don't know. Either God is really fair or very forgetful. The Word of God says lots of things and then says the opposite in other places. I don't know how much to take literally because if you do, you won't know what you believe. There are at least fifty doctrines out there. Every one of them believes their right. If this is so, how do you know that you are really living right. This is why I am trying to stop saying anything about God. It used to be a sin to say the word "God" in public. It in itself was blasphemy. He must not have wanted us to say what he going to do. Maybe we might end up feeling ripped off when we go to hell and the people we judged so harshly are wearing crowns on their heads. I am not sure I want to delve too much into the mind of God. What if I am wrong about everything? I wonder if I should just be silent. If I am not God. How can I say what he will do, if there is a possible chance he will change his own mind. If he has before, can he do it again?
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To me, these things show that God really listens to us and will respond to us. I'm not sure we can call it changing his mind, since God doesn't necessarily experience things moment by moment. I am really certain that God answers prayers, and I'm sure that God isn't limited to answering them after I ask them. God has sometimes put into motion the answers to prayers before they are even asked. So maybe God simply always planned to change his answer. What he was waiting on was the response of the person he was dealing with. God truly wants to be in relationship with people and truly responds to them.
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