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so i\u00a0was talking to a friend of mine the other day and she was telling me how she was having difficulty these days. she is very religious and i\u00a0seem to be leaning toward spiritual\u00a0so the conversation turned to God. she said that she wanted to just leave it all in God\u2019s hands but that at times it was difficult to do so. in my infinite spiritual wisdom i gave her an example\u2026\"God<\/a><\/p>\n

me: you know how a Lexus has the parking feature and you just let go of the wheel and it does it all for you?<\/p>\n

her: yeah\u2026<\/p>\n

me: why don\u2019t you look at this the same way and let go of the wheel. if you keep holding on or you grab\u00a0the wheel midturn you\u2019ll back into the car behind you\u2026<\/p>\n

her: did you just compare God to a Lexus<\/p>\n

me: um yeah\u2026i think so\u2026<\/p>\n

her: (silence)<\/p>\n

thank God (no pun intended here) that she knows me so well and knows i\u00a0meant nothing sacrilegious BUT i still think it was a really effective analogy\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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