Do We Think Things Through?

There are so many things happening in our day that just don't make sense. Do people actually think? I know when I was raised I was in a Church that today I really have issues with some things I was taught.  I think about these issues. I remember when my son was born, I thought it through and I didn't want him to know I was not his biological father. I have reverted back to that belief recently when I read about Baby Richard in Illinois in the early '90s.  Baby Richard was adopted by a couple when he was 4 days old and was raised by them as their son until he was 4 years old.  Then an Illinois court sent him back to his biological father and mother permanently and he had never ever seen them before. I read about this in Dennis Prager's "Think a Second Time". This four year old cried and cried to his adoptive mother and father don't make me go.  The courts were to blame, they made this four-year-old go with his natural parents and overturned the adoption. They probably messed up this kid for life. I was raised to believe divorce was almost the unpardonable sin, now having been divorced 4 times I am sure I could never belong to this church. But thinking it through I realize it is not the unpardonable sin.  I still believe that God wants ( His perfect plan) for one man and one woman to be married for life until death do part.  That belief has not changed, I just failed. Do we think things through? Do we read the word for ourselves or totally go by what a pastor or religious organization tells us? I know that in our country we are really divided between Trump haters and Trump supporters, but do we follow party lines or do we figure this out for our selves? I am wanting to get the faith community in this little town with about 11 churches to come together for prayer for our town and our nation. I understand that there are some that hate Trump and some that like Trump, but no matter which way they believe, I am pretty sure everyone agrees our nation is in trouble. Why can we not pray together for God to work in our city and our nation?  Does it really matter that much if you are a Trump supporter and you pray next to a Trump hater? We have this transgender issue in our nation and if we don't believe in it we are haters automatically. I believe God makes us the sex we are and perhaps one of us needs to change our thinking. Naturally, I am going to think it is them and they will naturally think it is me that needs to change. But God is sovereign, and perhaps we need to see things as God sees them. Am I right? I sure don't believe the same as I did growing up about a lot of things, but are we thinking things through? We often talk about our truth, what happens when my truth and your truth are at odds with each other?  Whose truth wins. Shouldn't it be a sovereign God's truth that wins? I know how I think already but I also know I don't see everything the same as I did even ten years ago. Am I open to God changing me or do I expect God to change to my view? I think there is comfort in having a sovereign God that is over all and working in my heart and life every day. I don't understand everything God does, but he does give free choice for us to make bad decisions as I have done. But I know he still loves me and allows me to learn from my mistakes. Do we really think things through? If God didn't allow free choice we would be no more than robots.  God allows us to think and make choices, what do we base our choices on? Is it a politically correct culture or do we think beyond this present age? What things do we listen to and read to make our choice? Do we go strictly by feeling?  I feel like ice cream today but I know I need to lose fifty or more pounds.  Are we thinking things through?  God bless, LVZ.