Well, Here I Am!!
I’ve been tinkering and toying with the idea of starting a blog for some time now, but was a little intimidated by the idea of it. After all, what kind of useful words might I have to offer? Or worse yet, what if I stated my opinion on something that turned out to be just a bunch of bunk?
Well, in all actuality it’s probably not likely that half of the planet will ever even hear of little old me, much less follow this blog, but for anyone that does find themselves here, just remember a few things. First, I am really more unteaching myself from all of the old dogmas and doctrines that I grew up with and learned over the years than I am teaching myself or anyone else anything. At the same time I’m simply trying to allow God to give me the knowledge of Him and His Word through prayer and study. The church (Worldwide Church of God) that I grew up in had put God into a relatively small box and I’m simply trying to let Him out so that I can learn who and what God really is and where He is leading me. Other churches that I spent time with after leaving the WWCOG 25 years ago also tended to put God into various boxes, some larger and some smaller and I’m simply trying to live a Christian life without any boxes.
I love God and I now know that He loves me. I’ve learned much since realizing that simple truth that seemed to have eluded me during my younger years. The more that I read Gods word and about God and His word, the more that I realize how much about God and theology that I don’t know and probably never will know with any certainty. A friend once told me that “the waters of the Bible are so shallow that even the most timid can get their feet wet, but yet so deep that even the most wise and learned will never touch bottom.” Things like dispensationalism, predestination, original sin, free will, hermeneutics, eschatology, Calvinism versus Wesleyanism and the like I find immensely interesting but I realize that I probably will never be able to settle any of these issues of theology authoritatively for myself or anyone else in this lifetime.
I have chose to become a Methodist because the Methodists (at least the ones I know) tend not to put God in a box. Jesus Loves Me This I Know tends to be the prevailing doctrine and I am good with that. I also admire John Wesley, both his life and his teachings. The old saying goes, “If you don’t stand for something, you’ll fall for anything”. I’ll stand with the Methodists. However my overactive mind and spirit will never let me just go to church, take everything from the pulpit for granted and base my entire spiritual life upon that. I must dig; so dig I shall. Hopefully I’ll find a gold nugget or a “pearl of great value” here or there. When I do, I’ll share it here. If you think that it’s just Fools Gold or a faux pearl, feel free to say so, and we’ll discuss it further.
More to come…………………..
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