I've been pondering some things lately. I've wanted to blog about them, but none of them seemed to be things to warrant a whole blog to unpack them. But I still want to share.
1. Observations in Exodus 34:
God isn't just a jealous god. His NAME is Jealous. Like capital J Jealous. Bam.
We get the whole seventh day of rest thing. But we give the excuse, oh, but in today's world, we just don't have time. The world just doesn't work that way anymore. Sabbath-keeping is old-fashioned, and besides, it's the old law, so we don't need it. So you know, maybe when I get an easy week, then I'll do that. 1. Let's get real here. There is never going to be an easy week. 2. He specifies, "Even during the plowing season and harvest you shall rest." ie, even if it's finals week, you must rest. Kind of changes things a bit, doesn't it.
2. We often think of obedience as 'doing.' So when we bring that term into the church, we regard obedience as going where and doing what Jesus tells us to do, ie, going to Russia, doing ministry things, not sleeping around, etc. But I'm finding that my test of obedience right now is to NOT do. WAIT. STAY. DWELL. Who knew that NOT doing something could be so hard?
3. Sin=stalking ex-husband. (See Romans 7) Oh, InterVarsity, how I love us. And how it's like having family everywhere across the country.
4. Lately, I've been confronted with the sheer absurdity of the gospel. I mean, this guy named Jesus died and then FREAKIN ROSE AGAIN. The dude didn't stay dead! And my science brain can't make sense of that, wants to reject it, but the deep part of me cannot. I cannot make sense of it, but my heart and my soul knows it like my body registers a needle in my foot as pain. The deep part of me knows Jesus in a way that can't be understood through reason the way we like. "If we find ourselves with a desire that nothing in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that we were made for another world." [C.S. Lewis] (Check out this article that I found after I wrote this: http://www.relevantmagazine.com/god/deeper-walk/features/22298-jesus-gospel-is-not-a-formula)
