I find myself a reluctant pilgrim. Having been planted, rooted and home grown to where I am today in fundamental Evangelical Christianity, it is difficult for me now to reconcile my staunch belief in the infallible Word of God with a certain inner awareness that perceives that there is more to the eternal picture than what I have been content to know and believe as truth thus far in life.
God IS. Of that I have no doubt, nor do I doubt that Jesus was at the beginning and, being God, chose to enter the world as a human baby, experience life, temptation and pain and death so none can say that He doesn't understand what we go through between the womb and the grave. I firmly believe that He was not killed, but that he gave himself up to death so that He could conquer it. Jesus rose from the grave and is once more in His place of glory. When he ascended, he sent his Holy Spirit to abide with those of us who should believe, confess, repent from our wickedness and choose to honor Him with our lives.
The Trinity, as Christians have come to term it is three aspects of the one God, just as there are three aspects of each human that walks the Earth...Mind, Body and Spirit.
Ok...that said, I think that I would be very shallow to think that I or ANYONE has it all figured out. Even the Bible says that we should, "Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling", that is to say that we are to cautiously and respectflly seek understanding of the mystery that is God, and our role on this earth in honoring Him.
With that, I am choosing to view the world with new eyes. I will open my inmost being to experience creativity, truth from various angles, and without prejudice, learn my way cautiously and respectfully forward to wherever my feet may lead me according to God's will.
~Raevnsong
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