How to solve a problem.

My dad always told me to never look at the problem but only the solution. I admit that when I was younger I always used to get upset at him when he said that because I really had a hard time seeing through the mess of a particular problem. I still get frustrated when life throws at me a particular set of circumstances in which there seems no obvious way out, but as life has taught me thus far, these are the times where you either die and give in, or something miraculous happens. I would advise anyone never to rely on the miraculous, I've been doing it for 14 years now and the only good that comes from believing in things that don't exist, is the strange sense of other worldliness that only people in deep sleep experience at night. Let me clarify.

I do believe in God but I also believe in a finite world. If God chooses to reveal himself to finite beings, he does it in a finite way. I am not saying that there is no infinite, just not right now. I believe if we are going to solve a infinite problem, with a finite mind the problem will only get solved by God Himself. When we look to God to solve our finite problems, most of the time they only get solved by some kind of miracle. Miracles are rare, but God isn't.

He is working in the world right now even though you do no see him. One of the ways we can live with an unsolvable problem is to first relax and realise that nothing that God does is a mistake. There is a strange feeling of helplessness that we get when we realise that some problems seem unsolvable, but this is not true. With the help of God we can discover, or realise the truth about something and the answer is always found in God. He is the solution to your problem, no matter how difficult it seems to be. If we allow the infinite access into our finite world we will see a change in our present circumstances, now and for eternity. Nothing is hidden that will not be revealed, and when we stop believing we can solve this thing, and see God and ourselves as we truly are, the verse in the scripture comes to light that "Nothing is impossible with God. We are not God, but he has given us faith to believe, and if we believe, nothing will be impossible for us."

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