#TheRoadToHellIsPavedWithGoodIntentions: What That DOES NOT MEAN, Examining Your- & My Own-#GoodIntentions | #Paved #Pave #Paving #Paves #PavesTheWay
The Good Things You Pray-for (for others) don't always come without Bad Side-Effects (and sometimes the good is not enough to make up for the bad).
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I'll often see people on social-networks who encourage others to 'pray for professionals & victims etc.'—of-course intending to build a strong sense of sympathy or well-wishing for those who are struggling against an illness or accident or natural-disaster or massive-crime.
But I feel the need to respond harshly to those well-meaning falsehoods—when it might be more appropriate to 'just encourage their good intentions (like "that everyone trusts God to advise His children wisely") and -leave the bad possibilities (like "that they believe God is some kind of wish-granting genie") alone,' something in me wants to respond:
'What I am saying' is something like "things don't happen for others the way you imagine they would" (the goodness of health or relationships or safety or money or whatever else you hope the people receive comes with pain-or-suffering-or-labor you aren't thinking of).
Let's look at the words of that phrase—built on an even-deeper source ... something crucial that firms the foundation upon which our lexicon stands ...
I'll often see people on social-networks who encourage others to 'pray for professionals & victims etc.'—of-course intending to build a strong sense of sympathy or well-wishing for those who are struggling against an illness or accident or natural-disaster or massive-crime.
But I feel the need to respond harshly to those well-meaning falsehoods—when it might be more appropriate to 'just encourage their good intentions (like "that everyone trusts God to advise His children wisely") and -leave the bad possibilities (like "that they believe God is some kind of wish-granting genie") alone,' something in me wants to respond:
The road to hell is paved with good intentions.But if I start my response with that popular saying (people tell me), people think I'm saying 'If you pray here, you're going to hell' (which I'm not saying)—my 'good-intentions' seem to lead to hell?
'What I am saying' is something like "things don't happen for others the way you imagine they would" (the goodness of health or relationships or safety or money or whatever else you hope the people receive comes with pain-or-suffering-or-labor you aren't thinking of).
Let's look at the words of that phrase—built on an even-deeper source ... something crucial that firms the foundation upon which our lexicon stands ...
The, Road, To, Hell, Is, The word “Paved” (to have Made the Way-to Smooth) is built on ancient words that mean "to |Cut, |Strike, Stamp."; With, Good, Intentions.
The point I'm getting-to (which I'll probably also put at the beginning, since most people aren't going to read this far): Don't assume that any of the good things come without the work and loss and work and patience people hardly ever talk about (e.g. when friends on the social-network announce their weddings or prize-winnings or castings (in plays & movies & TV-shows etc.) or graduations, the successes–tho God did provide the strengths needed to achieve them–didn't come without your friends' finding confidence and grace and patience).
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