Orual is clearly frustrated with the
gods. Slowly she reveals her story and her "charge" against them.
Have you ever been upset or frustrated about not knowing something? Explain.
Being a christian, I only have my faith and the bible to lean on for understanding; therefore, from a religious aspect, there are many things that I don't know or am not sure of and that frustrates me. I am a strong believer in that everything happens for a reason, but I think a lot of my frustration comes when I am incapable of understanding why God does some of the things He does. Like Orual in the book, I often get upset or frustrated at God when I lose a family member or friend and it's hard to understand why they had to die. Then again its like Coach Philips said in class, it's more of a selfish thing at times when God calls a loved one home because it was there time to go, but we don't know how to live without them. My most upset and frustrated time was when I tore my acl right before my senior basketball season. I was upset thinking that I wasn't going to be able to play and frustrated at God not knowing why this happened to me at such an inconvenient time. That was my ultimate point of being upset and frustrated because I had no idea what I was going to do and why such a thing was happening to me. Although, later on God's plan for me revealed itself and I wouldn't take any of it back.
Like Katie, I also believe that everything happens for a reason according to God's plan. However, sometimes I do not understand how the worst things can happen to the best people. For example, my sister's 2nd grade teacher is the most Godly, genuine woman I know and when she got pregnant with her baby, Liza, she was ecstatic. However, Liza was born prematurely and had many complications and she has a syndrome that hinders her walking and talking abilities. They were told that Liza would never be able to walk, but now she is 7 and can walk with a walker. Just as things were getting better with Liza, she got pregnant again but had a miscarriage. It just frustrates me that all of these things could happen to such a good person. Anyways, I know God's plan may not be evident at first, but when it finally becomes apparent it's easier to understand why something happened; to make us into the people we are today.
Sometimes I don't understand God's plan for my life or what my purpose is. I just know I have to trust in Him. I also don't understand how people can have different beliefs than i can. I have gotten into several arguments because some of my friends can't see things from my perspective and vise versa.
I believe that I get most frustrated with not knowing something when I am having a discussion with someone and I cannot see things from their perspective or begin to understand why they have the perspective that they do.
Not knowing what is going to happen in my life is frustrating. I like knowing and having control of my life and everything around me. Not having control of my life scares me. I also don't like when other people have control of what happens in my life. For example I am waiting on confirmation about getting a paying job at the camp I worked at last summer. Not knowing if I have the job or not is terrifying and nerve racking.
One of the things that frustrate me is the idea of heaven and eternal life. It doesn't frustrate me in a bad way, but it's just impossible to wrap your head around the fact that you're literally going to live forever. Like, it's never going to end. This is something that I've always thought about, even when I was a little kid. My only explanation for not being able to wrap my head around it is the fact that God made the human mind in a way where we simply don't understand some of his plans for us. I just try to take comfort in knowing that, as a human, I've been trained to think about living with a sense of time, and when I go into heaven, that sense of time will be either completely gone or significantly different from the time we have here as humans on earth
i think one of the most frustrating thing to me is when i am in an argument and the other person thinks that they know something but they are wrong. when i tell them they are wrong and the reason behind it with clear facts and they realize they are wrong but keep arguing there side so they don't look stupid. i also get very frustrated when people call you something that you are clearly not and you completely think that about yourself and how you think that has nothing to do with you and your personality but others say you are exactly that.
I think it's very frustrating when I don't understand a joke, puzzle, or math problem. I get frustrated when my peers can find insight to a problem and I can't. I also wish I knew God's plan for my life. At times I don't understand what he is doing but I just have to trust in Him. Also, I wish I knew what to say to people when they ask me for help about their lives. I am usually good about encouraging people, but I want to give helpful advice. I wish God would speak through me more.
Being a christian, I only have my faith and the bible to lean on for understanding; therefore, from a religious aspect, there are many things that I don't know or am not sure of and that frustrates me. I am a strong believer in that everything happens for a reason, but I think a lot of my frustration comes when I am incapable of understanding why God does some of the things He does. Like Orual in the book, I often get upset or frustrated at God when I lose a family member or friend and it's hard to understand why they had to die. Then again its like Coach Philips said in class, it's more of a selfish thing at times when God calls a loved one home because it was there time to go, but we don't know how to live without them. My most upset and frustrated time was when I tore my acl right before my senior basketball season. I was upset thinking that I wasn't going to be able to play and frustrated at God not knowing why this happened to me at such an inconvenient time. That was my ultimate point of being upset and frustrated because I had no idea what I was going to do and why such a thing was happening to me. Although, later on God's plan for me revealed itself and I wouldn't take any of it back.
ReplyDeleteLike Katie, I also believe that everything happens for a reason according to God's plan. However, sometimes I do not understand how the worst things can happen to the best people. For example, my sister's 2nd grade teacher is the most Godly, genuine woman I know and when she got pregnant with her baby, Liza, she was ecstatic. However, Liza was born prematurely and had many complications and she has a syndrome that hinders her walking and talking abilities. They were told that Liza would never be able to walk, but now she is 7 and can walk with a walker. Just as things were getting better with Liza, she got pregnant again but had a miscarriage. It just frustrates me that all of these things could happen to such a good person. Anyways, I know God's plan may not be evident at first, but when it finally becomes apparent it's easier to understand why something happened; to make us into the people we are today.
ReplyDeleteSometimes I don't understand God's plan for my life or what my purpose is. I just know I have to trust in Him. I also don't understand how people can have different beliefs than i can. I have gotten into several arguments because some of my friends can't see things from my perspective and vise versa.
ReplyDeleteI believe that I get most frustrated with not knowing something when I am having a discussion with someone and I cannot see things from their perspective or begin to understand why they have the perspective that they do.
ReplyDeleteNot knowing what is going to happen in my life is frustrating. I like knowing and having control of my life and everything around me. Not having control of my life scares me. I also don't like when other people have control of what happens in my life. For example I am waiting on confirmation about getting a paying job at the camp I worked at last summer. Not knowing if I have the job or not is terrifying and nerve racking.
ReplyDeleteOne of the things that frustrate me is the idea of heaven and eternal life. It doesn't frustrate me in a bad way, but it's just impossible to wrap your head around the fact that you're literally going to live forever. Like, it's never going to end. This is something that I've always thought about, even when I was a little kid. My only explanation for not being able to wrap my head around it is the fact that God made the human mind in a way where we simply don't understand some of his plans for us. I just try to take comfort in knowing that, as a human, I've been trained to think about living with a sense of time, and when I go into heaven, that sense of time will be either completely gone or significantly different from the time we have here as humans on earth
ReplyDeletei think one of the most frustrating thing to me is when i am in an argument and the other person thinks that they know something but they are wrong. when i tell them they are wrong and the reason behind it with clear facts and they realize they are wrong but keep arguing there side so they don't look stupid. i also get very frustrated when people call you something that you are clearly not and you completely think that about yourself and how you think that has nothing to do with you and your personality but others say you are exactly that.
ReplyDeleteI think it's very frustrating when I don't understand a joke, puzzle, or math problem. I get frustrated when my peers can find insight to a problem and I can't. I also wish I knew God's plan for my life. At times I don't understand what he is doing but I just have to trust in Him. Also, I wish I knew what to say to people when they ask me for help about their lives. I am usually good about encouraging people, but I want to give helpful advice. I wish God would speak through me more.
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