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I was reading a post by Jon Foreman on lowercasepeople.com
today. It was about his trip to Africa. About his
thoughts, his reasons, his new sights and the photographs of real testimonies
of hope in a place so ravaged by all sorts of evil and disease.
I’m so wanting to go. I want to see it for myself. And I’m
beginning to find the right words to articulate my desires to do so. It is an
education. But like Jon said, an education not for the mind…but an education
for the soul.
And I couldn’t agree more. An education not available in any
university, book, or documentary. There’s a Chinese proverb that says that you
learn more traveling a thousand miles than by reading a thousand books.
Today I was speaking at my church and one key point I made
was that as Christians, we have an unshakable hope. But for us, our depth of
understanding what hope really is may be as shallow as the surface reflection
of the ocean. There’s depth to hope, that I’m thinking, I may never understand
till I see the depth of which God’s hope dived into.
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| I was talking with a friend of mine a couple weeks ago and I was
telling him one thing. So many people in our churches have a degree in
higher education. Some have MBA's, some have PHD's. And yet, it seems
like so few of our church going brothers and sisters seem to really
have a deep understanding of our faith...at least not to the degree in
which they are capable of.
Over these past years there has been one question that's been going
through my mind. "Why did God have me be born in Canada, in an
English-speaking country, and place me in a family where I can study at
the university level? What purpose is there in that?"
Today I was listening to Ravi in the car and heard him quote this from
CS Lewis in regards to really understanding our faith with the God
given intellectual ability that we have been granted:
"To be ignorant and simple now—not to be
able to meet the enemies on their own ground—would be to throw down our
weapons, and to betray our uneducated brethren who have, under God,
no
defence but us
against the intellectual attacks of the heathen. Good philosophy must exist, if for no other reason, because bad philosophy needs to be answered."
And as I heard that, it gripped my heart. God has given me, by His
gace, the capacity to learn and understand this world...the capacity to
use my mind and intellect to a higher degree...to stand up for our
brothers and sisters who don't have the chance to learn or capacity to
think as we do. I'm not talking out of pride. God has given us all
gifts, and some have been given the gift of understanding. But this
gift has been given to me, to us, for the purpose of being able to
stand up against the constant bombardment of bad philosophy that is
attacking our uneducated brothers and sisters. And by uneducated, I
mean those who just really don't have the ability (perhaps b/c of
financial situations, location, family status...not uneducated in a
derogatory sense) to think at higher intellectual levels.
And so I challenge and encourage most of you who are reading this. Most
of you are in high school and university...some of the finest schools
in the world...you are there because you are smart and bright. God
chose you to be there, so don't put yourself down and call yourself -
or God's creation - stupid. You are bright. Learn God's word. It's more
important than formulas or equations or historical facts. They are the
Words of Life. We need as many people as we possibly can to stand up
for what we believe in b/c our culture is becoming more and more
tolerant to every other worldview except for Christianity...
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| I cannot think of how yesterday's entry could be more relevant to me than it is today.
Oswald Chambers was right...moods go by kicking. And I'm kicking them out the door.
I am not a failure, for in Christ I have victory.
I am not worthless, for in Christ I am worth it.
It does not have to end this way, no matter what...because Christ is my hope and my light.
Although waking this morning, feeling the inertia of feelings surge
through within me and feeling utterly confused and frustrated, I needed
to remind myself of one thing...
If it's not true, it's not worth feeling over.
In the beginning was not feeling...nor was it an emotion...
In the beginning was the Word...
"I am the way, the truth, and the light."
And no matter how confused or frustrated I feel today, i need to pick myself up by the scruff of my neck and tell myself...
"your master is not your feelings...your master is Christ."
Kicking hurts...but if it's not true, then it's not worth feeling over and over again.
"Being true to your feelings, doesn't mean your feelings are true."
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