Never Give up Wanting to Understand More

What a day!  Yesterday I was questioning, wondering, even being discouraged....

And today, Father sent along so many answers, encouragement, direction!

At Ceruleun Sanctum, Dan Edelen wrote about Making Sense of Confusing Christian Voices.  I'm pretty sure that if you read my posts from yesterday, you'd probably say that for sure I am one of those confusing voices :-)  Or perhaps more accurately, mine was a confused voice. :-(

Anyway, by the time I finished reading the post, I was considerably encouraged, especially to know that being confused is, well, part of the journey.  A journey that lots of other folks are on, too.

But Dan explains it way better than I do.  Here are a couple of examples; you'll absolutely want to check out the full post for yourself.

Recognize that each of us is on a journey of faith—and we have not yet arrived at journey’s end....

Your story and mine are not yet complete. The final chapter hasn’t been written, nor all the events played out. We’re still journeying through the narrative of our lives.

And that journey is being orchestrated by God Himself. ....

Since God is writing our story, since He is planning our journey, we can be at peace with incompleteness if we allow God to do His work in our lives....
Here’s a reality check: Every famous Christian you and I admire, every pastor, every teacher, every author, all of them are flawed. None are or were fully complete this side of heaven. Each was someplace along that pathway that defines the journey of faith, and the likelihood is that their stations along the way will not always align with ours....

How arrogant we can be when we judge by our standards rather than nurture by God’s!...

Make peace with paradox, mystery, and the dim mirror, but never give up wanting to understand more....

It’s okay not to know it all. God is not going to slay us if we can’t resolve some of the paradoxical or mysterious aspects of the Christian faith. He’s not going to keep us out of heaven if we don’t understand the nuances of infralapsarianism. You and I can rest assured that even if we don’t fully get it, God does, and that’s just fine....

In Romans 1 we read that men are without excuse before God because of the revelation inherent in the created order. When we look at the world around us, it speaks of God.

That should blow our minds. That it doesn’t blow the minds of some Christians is one reason why people lose their ability to wonder. And wonder is an essential part of faith that keeps us from falling into easy arguments....
I think the greatest fear in those who ask the questions that start this post is that God is somehow not good enough to protect them and keep them unto salvation and knowledge of Him.

But God does love you and me....
He will never leave us or forsake us. He is faithful when we aren’t. He loves us even when we see through a dim mirror and miss our turn on the path. He will see us through to the end.

Do we believe that? If we do, then we will not fear, even when the voices around us grow confusing....
I hope this helps.

It sure has helped me.  Thank you, Dan.  Oh, and don't forget to read the rest of the post.