As many of you know, I recently went to the UK on a family vacation. It was an amazing trip but my favorite place we went was Bath, England. Bath was originally settled by the Romans because it had natural hot springs bubbling up from below the surface of the earth. The locals and the Romans believed the hot springs were a gift from the goddess Sulis Minerva. So the Baths were built adjacent to a temple in her honor. They believed Sulis Minerva blessed the waters with healing properties.
Now, they did this thing where they would pay a scribe to write curses of very thin sheets of lead. If someone had stolen somthing or done them wrong, they would write it on this lead sheet. They would then fold the sheet and throw it in the hot bath so the goddess Minerva would read it. They often had a list of suspects on the sheet to help Minerva figure out who to curse. Theese "gods" were so not powerful! Why would you worship a god that was no better than a police officer?
It got me thinking right away. God is all seeing/knowing/powerful and He doesn't need our help for anything. He can do anything He wants but He chooses to use us to give us a sense of purpose because we are born with that desire. And He made us that way!
Mighty is our God! Powerful above any other!
~Dana
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