Oh, ye of little faith...

I have been a Christian since I was 13 years old and it is one of the greatest foundations of my life. But something has really been bothering me for the past several years. That is the fact that there are so many Christians in this world who have no problem believing in Jesus Christ being the son of God and the salvation of the world. But try to talk to them about angels, spirits, previous life in the spirit world or anything like that and they just shut down and look at you like you're speaking blasphemy.

I just don't understand how a Christian can have such limited thinking. God himself is the creator of miracles and Christ walked this earth making miracles happen to get others to see the power and greatness of our Lord and Savior. But it is the Christians who will limit God's powers faster than non-believers every time. As if to think such things would be to worship Satan himself. They will often quote that Satan can imitate miracles and do things that will make us think it is of God when it isn't. But it amazes me that they are so willing to first and foremost give Satan credit for things rather than think that God himself is doing things. I go crazy with this kind of limited thinking.

If you are healed after praying for healing, instead of "Praise God" being the first response, it is often things like, "Are you sure Satan didn't do it instead?" Oh my, I fear that God has his heart broken so often by his own followers. They will give Satan credit for God's miracles and then doubt God himself. This must be very painful for him. I hope that I don't do this and I don't think I do.

But recently I had my own heart broken by having one of my sister's question whether I had brought evil spirits into her home. To have her sit and pray two nights in a row that the evil spirits would leave was almost more than I could bear. I wanted to scream at her that perhaps I had brought angels with me and that was the difference that she was sensing. Why do Christians so readily jump to the thoughts of Satan instead of thinking that God is taking part in things. To me, every time someone asks if Satan is behind something that is extraordinary - it is giving Satan more credit and more power than he deserves. I don't choose to give him that much of my thinking, personally!