Learning How To Follow (Genesis Chapter 1 Part 3)
So over the past few days I feel that I have really learned a lot about myself as a person and a lot about growing as a christian and what it really takes to truly grow. This is something I used to struggle with a lot as when I would make an attempt to lead and carry myself out of the quicksand of backsliding I always found myself sinking right back in eventually. I guess you could say that I never really managed to get myself completely out of the quicksand, merely back to the top again only to sink back down. I really feel devoutly lately that I have been seeing the reasons why and it reflecting in my daily life that in order to lead one must truly be able to follow. This may not make very much sense for many but for me it makes perfect sense. I used to be very stubborn in my ways and never really willing to break merely bend at certain points. Lately I have found that by following and doing the things that I know the lord intends for me that my life is much more fuller, more complete, and I am still able to do the things that I enjoy as well as leading a good life in Christ and being a responsible person. As a result my time is thusly very amplified in nature, I have time to balance school work, work, and my own free time as well as bible study, something I thought that I may never be able to actually successfully accomplish and most deffinitely an answered prayer. I feel like by placing God first in my life no matter what I may be doing and being thankful for God always by recognizing how God works in the little things in life that I am better able to fully appreciate God in my christian walk which is absolutely wonderful. It also allows me to carry the holy spirit with me whatever I may be doing and I am sure that yes there are going to be times when I am down, and there have been at certain points, but I have newfound confidence in the ability to carry through. One really amazing moment in my life tonight that I was really greatful for and I felt really reflected how much God has blessed me for following is my test tonight in my Managerial Accounting class. A rather difficult class to say the very least. At any rate on my test I got a perfect score of 13 out of 10 which included all of the bonus problems that are much more difficult than the ones on the test. I just felt very blessed and that I could see God working behind it. Anyways though, enough about my day, more reading to do. Otherwise I'll be on sentance four of the first chapter by the end of the week. I went into reading and read verse two which really puzzled me upon reading it as honestly, unless you look into it it won't make very much sense whatsoever. Part of it states "While a wind from God swept over the waters". Now this doesn't make very much sense considering there is no mention of water being created at the time. It was simply a blank empty universe at that point as neither light nor dark existed. After doing some reading I began to understand what was being said here. Mother ducks, for example, when protecting their youngs eggs while they hatch outstretch their wings ever so widely around their new brood, while doing this they tend to flutter a bit. The fluttering is done to keep the temperature just right for the new ducklings. This example itself is merely a metaphor for the beauty and care that went into the creation of our universe as we know it. God ensuring the cosmos would be just right and perfectly suited for our creation. It really makes me ponder the creation and gain newfound respect for it. We all know how the rest of the story goes. God created light, dark, earth water, vegetation, life, the universe as we know it today. However, one really never looks at the sheer intricacies and details involved. The variables of the cell structures that if even minisculy off would throw our existance into a state of chaos. I find it so incredibly difficult to believe that often times people cannot believe in there being a creator. Atheist for example, I cannot understand, how can one witness a sunrise and not see the love and care of it's existence. The loving light it shows upon our world every day. To see the stars twinkling in the evening sky and realize how unfathomable it is for us to truly comprehend everything that goes into their existance. Even when you think about simple things like your favorite food. Have you ever really sat down and thought, wow, I wonder what it is chemically, scientifically if you will, that went into the creation of this food that gives it it's distinct flavor. For many it may be a little bit scary to ponder the details behind everything in their lives. For me I find it to be a lessing to be able to look at everything in aww as though I am a born again child realizing the world for the first time. Alas though, my time is up, I am off to sleep and will probably wake up at around 6 AM. I may go into work early and make some three potatoe cakes since it is food day, who knows. Until next time, God bless and goodnight.