January 24, 2006

I figured out something that, to me, has become very important as of late.

We, as humans, for all intent and purposes, are trying to turn God into a math problem.

This semeser in school, I am taking a course in Christian Theology. So far, what I have seen is that human beings think they have alot of the kinks worked out in theology.

I think the only kink we have truly worked out is the love and forgiveness God bestowed/bestows on us.

I don't think the heirarchy of the three persons of God has much relevance to my faith in the Father, Son, or the Holy Spirit at all. It actually scares me a bit that some Christians go so far as to find the nature of God and His works in the lives of others that they lose sight of God in their own lives.

This isn't me saying anyone is wrong, nor that anyone is right. This is me saying that I feel that Christianity isn't about understanding God's every move. If we understood every move and why it happened, what would be the reasoning behind faith in God?

Tonight at work, I saw quite a few things in which I also saw the face of God.

First is the continuting of my seeing the good will and faith of my co-workers, and how God shines within them and through them.

One has to first understand the background, from my previous job. When a person needed to switch shifts or get some time off, finding a person to replace the shift was akin to pulling teeth. At this job, I simply asked the person that was working the shift I wanted to switch for, and it was done. To encounter people willing to help one another, for no real personal gain. It is God, in human.

I also met a person and talked to them for nearly and hour and a half, simply by speaking to them. Fellowship with another Christian, coming along as easily as if it were natural these days. I love how God can work within a place to change the world, one piece at a time.

When we fail at something, can we look to a PERFECT God to be at fault for the failure? Or is it possible that He may be looking to show us a lesson that we need to first find in humiliation?