Sunday, June 3, 2007
Questions
I don't think I have ever had my faith questioned quite this much. And I mean literally questioned. Peoplejust ask questions of what do you believe or do you believe this. And I am now having to put into words things that I just believe or know deep down in my spirit but have never had to verabally state. Like I was talking to this guy this evening and he says he's a Christian and we were talking about hell. And he has a hard time believing that God would send good people to hell. And his one example to me was a poor starving child in Africa. Now I grew up believing that children just go to heaven but I couldn't say that to him because I have no biblical basis for that or don't know that biblical basis. So I am having times like that where I am having to find the words to express what I believe. And that is a good thing and I am glad that the questioning is coming now when it is normally friendly banter.
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I will pray for you! I have been there-- learning to explain and defend our faith can be really challenging. I think it is Ephesians that says God speaks wisdom in a mystery-- we aren't supposed to get it or have all the answers. Faith is all we have at times. Keep in touch and let me know what is happening. John has planned an anniversary trip for us to Greece june 24th-July 1. We leave for Slovenia on July 10th. It's a tight window, but I'll take a visit from you whenever I can get it!!
Sam—the Biblical basis of your belief is found with King David who wept and fasted for his illegitimate child—the one that God told Him would be taken because of David's sin. After the child died, David anointed himself and went about as normal saying that the child would no longer be able to come to him but he would go to the child—essentially, they would be together in heaven.
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