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"I am not ashamed of the gospel for it is the power of God for salvation to all who believe."
Man, I can't believe how much I'm learning. I decided at the begininng of this week to just take it easy. To work well, but not to push myself- get enough sleep- spend some time alone. It has been so good. Most night's, I've slept about 7 hours- which is good for a weeknight- and I've allowed myself to be laid back in my approach to working. Not to say that I've slacked off, but I haven't been overworking myself.
During lecture this morning (we were talking about spiritual gifts), God told me something that I was supposed to share with Gidon later. So, after lunch, I went over to the DTS dorm to find Gidon. Long story short, I'm realizing more and more how Christianity is supposed to be. I've always hated the division that is within the church. There's so much pride- I'm just as guilty as anyone else. Gosh, we just have to realize that we aren't the all-knowing foundation of absolute truth that we think we are and our petty diferences would seem so small when compared to the fact that God saved us from ourselves. Us- completely unworthy of even being loved. We turned away from the most beautiful love, beyond imaginable, and decided that our way was better. I can't even express how grateful I am that God is loving.
If the church could just begin to live like we really believe what we say we do, what an amazing unity that would be. If Jesus really was the foundation and focus of our faith, the love that we shared would be so powerful.
I want to continue to learn what it truly means to love. Not the boy/girl love, but the infinite, impartial, unconditional love that God demonstrates to us.
Man, I can't believe how much I'm learning. I decided at the begininng of this week to just take it easy. To work well, but not to push myself- get enough sleep- spend some time alone. It has been so good. Most night's, I've slept about 7 hours- which is good for a weeknight- and I've allowed myself to be laid back in my approach to working. Not to say that I've slacked off, but I haven't been overworking myself.
During lecture this morning (we were talking about spiritual gifts), God told me something that I was supposed to share with Gidon later. So, after lunch, I went over to the DTS dorm to find Gidon. Long story short, I'm realizing more and more how Christianity is supposed to be. I've always hated the division that is within the church. There's so much pride- I'm just as guilty as anyone else. Gosh, we just have to realize that we aren't the all-knowing foundation of absolute truth that we think we are and our petty diferences would seem so small when compared to the fact that God saved us from ourselves. Us- completely unworthy of even being loved. We turned away from the most beautiful love, beyond imaginable, and decided that our way was better. I can't even express how grateful I am that God is loving.
If the church could just begin to live like we really believe what we say we do, what an amazing unity that would be. If Jesus really was the foundation and focus of our faith, the love that we shared would be so powerful.
I want to continue to learn what it truly means to love. Not the boy/girl love, but the infinite, impartial, unconditional love that God demonstrates to us.