I love the little things that color the world. Little changes, unexpected, that draw your attention for maybe just a minute or a week... Rabbit Trails we call them sometimes (at staff meetings) and I am fully distracted by them! All these little things, from blog posts to a radio bit, a comment from someone, a new book, just add a pop of color I didn't expect for my day. It's fun.
Being young and not knowing nearly enough to really have my opinions... (ha - that doesn't stop me) I consistently attempt to listen first and speak later. Difficult for me, I know. But I also remind people that as I learn and grow my opinions and ideas will change. Please have patience for me... and the rest of the human race.
I just started reading an interesting book called "Black" - by Ted Dekker. It took a while for me to get into it, but I loved it and am onto "Red" the next book of the series. There are great images of a loving God and a people fully in love with their creator. Spending the better part of each day worshiping or preparing to worship. The immense love felt by the characters is so touching.
It's so much easier for me just to contemplate the ideology behind universalism and debate if it is "cheap grace" or not, than for me to really let my guard down and be wholely in love with the God who created me.
So much easier to put down a book full of, in my head, rediculous oversimplistic claims of conservative evangelist Christianity and go volunteer at a local church and feel good about my social justice - than to really studying personally (not academically) the words of my God.
Eh? I dont' understand myself most days... but I'm glad I read. Blogs, books, billboards... really it all adds fun color and random thoughts to each day helping me enjoy what has been created for me.
Peace,
your sister in Christ~Erin
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