Because faith is so important to many of us, late night conversations sometimes, when we are brave, wander into religion.
Listening to wide range of different points of view about God even when many of our source materials - like the Bible - are the same is a bit mind boggling. And to me, can be overwhelming.
We have a common language that when we use it -- God, grace, sin, sanctification, heaven, satan prayer, worship, holy spirit, call, righteousness, etc - that we use, but in breaking down what we think about when we use these terms we find a tapestry of concepts and uunderstandings.
Personally, I find this beautiful and challenging. I've long let go of the idea that faith will resolve for me. That I will figure it out and it will all make sense the way I can figure out and know how a computer works or what makes a perfect chocolate chip cookie.
Faith is more like marriage or parenthood. Something I'm committed to but that I wrestle with. There are days I feel more confident that I'm going the right way. Other days I am sure that I am not and some days where I feel like I've lost hold of everything I thought I knew and feel like I have to start over at nearly ground zero.
Today I'm a little overwhelmed by faith. The contradictions and opposing views. So I'm going to let it go and hold onto hope that God draws us each into the mystery, holding us close and loving us fully as we journey into the unknown.
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