Jeannette WallsSubmitting seemed to me a lot like giving up. If God gave us the strength to bail- the gumption to try and save ourselves- isn't that what he wanted us to do?
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The idea that God wanted us to bail out of our problems and avoid them is ridiculous. The idea that God gave us the strength to bail out of our problems is childish. There are some things that we simply cannot handle, and it seems to me that submitting to our problems is one of them.
Source: Half Broke Horses
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