God=Fortune Teller

I was reading a blog just now that was written by a really religious lady (Jesus Freak). She was talking about how she and her husband were praying to God for the answer as to which hospital to have their baby. She said that God "confirmed" that they were to have their baby at hospital X. What? Call me what you want but that just sounds ridiculous. I whole-heartedly believe in God guiding us in the direction that we're supposed to take, but seriously, the way this lady was talking, it was like they visited God in a dark trailer at a carnival, where he looked into his magic eight ball and gave them an answer..."All signs point to yes!". People are nuts. I get so sick of hearing people say, "Give it to God", meaning, let God make the decisions and deal with the problem for you. It's a cop-out so that people bury themselves so much in God (or, more specifically, the "idea" of God) that they don't live their lives. I think that I'm going to adopt a philosophy of "Giving it to Santa" and see where that takes me. "He sees you when you're sleeping, he knows when you're awake, he'll make sure that your phone bill gets paid in time, so be good for goodness sake."