Ok, let me be frank (or maybe billy!)...right now I am at a place where I am really questioning this whole life thing. When I say life, I am actually talking about what Jesus gave me (in all its fullness). Don't get me wrong, I am not questioning in a sense of is it worth it (cos it is!), but recently I have found myself shifted into a place where I have more questions than answers! Is this a good thing? Well, I think it is. Some of the questions I have felt moved to ask could damage your faith, but I am holding up to it fairly well. Thats not to say I have better faith than most (far from it), but for some reason all this questioning seems...holy. I can't explain it! Most of our christian indoctrination (oops did I say that-slip of the tongue!) would seem to say that too many questions are bad, but I somehow seem to be able to connect with God more when I am asking Him questions. I suppose my reasoning on it is that the guy made the flipping universe; I reckon He can handle a few questions about 'Life, the Universe and Everything'.
I was at a gathering of some people the other week, and a lot of stuff was said (some of it not particularly relevant to me), but one thing that a guy said was all about questions. And he said to 'Live the Questions'! What does this mean exactly? Well I'm not too sure, but I think ours is an angry generation; too much bad stuff happens in the world and our only response is that 'God's ways are higher than ours'! Surely we can come up with better answers! Maybe not, but I'm still gonna keep asking God the hard questions. I reckon He can take it.
Oh, and if you want to know what some of the questions are, come and talk to me and we can have a discussion. I wont, for obvious reasons (i.e. fundamentals whose world might explode at the thought of a Christian asking God questions), repeat them here.
Keep the Faith...Thanks for listening
Thursday, 26 July 2007
Wednesday, 18 July 2007
Update
Well, it's been a while since my last post! So I have decided to give a wee update on whats been going on in the life of Moles...
Firstly I am currently living in a non-Gail world as the lovely one has been in Moldova since the start of July, and wont be home until the 29th of July. Cue much moping about the last week or so!
Then, lets not forget the craziness that was Summer Madness/StreetReach! What can I say? In the aftermath of the car crash (see previous post for more info!), I was actually dunging myself as to how I would cope over Madness. I knew that lack of sleep wouldn't be good for the healing process, and I didn't even want to consider camping! For the first few nights, I was lucky enough to be offered a bed in a friends house, but during StreetReach I camped with the crew. It was...interesting. Many reading this will have experienced Summer Madness on some level in the past, so I wont bore you with details. Let me just say this; apart from lack of sleep and general umcomfortability/nuisance of living at the King's Hall for over a week, Summer Madness was great. Highlights for me had to be Bart Campolo whose message, in my mind, is key to our culture, Stan Fortunado, and all of StreetReach. I was very apprehesive about StreetReach, but really enjoyed it. And the march from city hall to King's Hall was one of the most amazing things I have ever participated in. I could say a lot more here, but will maybe leave it to another post, once all the buzz has died down and I have had a chance to process everything!
Next up, I had a week off. I did absolutley nothing but game and hang out with Bag and Emma. It was a tough week without Gail and a car, but my trusty Xbox helped me through it all.
So I am officially back to work now. I am currently in the process of organising our kids club week at the start of August, and also planning for the future (particularly come September). There is some change on the horizon, which is exciting, but also scary! So say a prayer for me and the youth leaders in Glenavy. As well as all this, there is the usual smattering of summer weddings, of which I will be attending one tomorrow actually. I am also looking forward to the missus getting home, just to spend some time with her before she goes to Bristol...for a year!!!
Anyway, thats all for now. Thanks for listening...
Firstly I am currently living in a non-Gail world as the lovely one has been in Moldova since the start of July, and wont be home until the 29th of July. Cue much moping about the last week or so!
Then, lets not forget the craziness that was Summer Madness/StreetReach! What can I say? In the aftermath of the car crash (see previous post for more info!), I was actually dunging myself as to how I would cope over Madness. I knew that lack of sleep wouldn't be good for the healing process, and I didn't even want to consider camping! For the first few nights, I was lucky enough to be offered a bed in a friends house, but during StreetReach I camped with the crew. It was...interesting. Many reading this will have experienced Summer Madness on some level in the past, so I wont bore you with details. Let me just say this; apart from lack of sleep and general umcomfortability/nuisance of living at the King's Hall for over a week, Summer Madness was great. Highlights for me had to be Bart Campolo whose message, in my mind, is key to our culture, Stan Fortunado, and all of StreetReach. I was very apprehesive about StreetReach, but really enjoyed it. And the march from city hall to King's Hall was one of the most amazing things I have ever participated in. I could say a lot more here, but will maybe leave it to another post, once all the buzz has died down and I have had a chance to process everything!
Next up, I had a week off. I did absolutley nothing but game and hang out with Bag and Emma. It was a tough week without Gail and a car, but my trusty Xbox helped me through it all.
So I am officially back to work now. I am currently in the process of organising our kids club week at the start of August, and also planning for the future (particularly come September). There is some change on the horizon, which is exciting, but also scary! So say a prayer for me and the youth leaders in Glenavy. As well as all this, there is the usual smattering of summer weddings, of which I will be attending one tomorrow actually. I am also looking forward to the missus getting home, just to spend some time with her before she goes to Bristol...for a year!!!
Anyway, thats all for now. Thanks for listening...
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