This leaves me grateful for - for being your friend. It leaves me confused, questioning the worth of questioning. It makes me wonder how I will make my next video; not in a "how will I follow that act?" kind of way, but in a "is this meaningful?" kind of way.
To fear God is to practice something that I do not. That's all I know. I guess I have something of an idea of what fear of God looks like... but I struggle with the "how." Being acutely aware of God's unfathomable infinite power and love, but at the same time understanding his hatred of my sin. I don't really do that. God, it seems, is just my friend right now. He's not my Lord. I mean, I try to make him my Lord by doing what he wants, but I'm not in awe of him. I don't know if that's what you were thinking about, but that's what your question brought to mind for me.
It also made me want to talk to you about things. I know there's got to be a lot behind this question.
By asking questions, different questions, and sometimes the same questions in different ways . . . we are able sometimes to better understand what they answer means.
But sometimes . . . sometimes there is no longer any use in asking questions, sometimes it's better to just know, or to just . . . be.
There will always be different things about which we need to ask questions. But after receiving the answer, there comes a time when we need to accept it. Sometimes, we keep ourselves in the questioning stage for too long. I know I do. There is life behind the questions we ask, the life that God gives when he offers himself as the answer and invites us to accept him.
"But sometimes . . . sometimes there is no longer any use in asking questions, sometimes it's better to just know, or to just . . . be."
Hmm, I think I would agree with you here, Thursday. Such questions like "who to be" "where to go" can only last for so long. I agree with Wednesday, that God is the answer, and I find it extremely comforting that we are told again and again in scripture to just ... wait. Wait, and God will reveal the answer. There are times we need to just "live" or "be" like Thursday said. [and I'm failing at describing this with words]
A Year Of Questions is a project begun on March 22, 2010, by seven teens who want to be better at asking questions and articulating answers. This blog exists to make it easier to discuss these questions (because a 500 character limit on YouTube comments is rather limiting). Enjoy!
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This leaves me grateful for - for being your friend. It leaves me confused, questioning the worth of questioning. It makes me wonder how I will make my next video; not in a "how will I follow that act?" kind of way, but in a "is this meaningful?" kind of way.
To fear God is to practice something that I do not. That's all I know. I guess I have something of an idea of what fear of God looks like... but I struggle with the "how." Being acutely aware of God's unfathomable infinite power and love, but at the same time understanding his hatred of my sin. I don't really do that. God, it seems, is just my friend right now. He's not my Lord. I mean, I try to make him my Lord by doing what he wants, but I'm not in awe of him. I don't know if that's what you were thinking about, but that's what your question brought to mind for me.
It also made me want to talk to you about things. I know there's got to be a lot behind this question.
By asking questions, different questions, and sometimes the same questions in different ways . . . we are able sometimes to better understand what they answer means.
But sometimes . . . sometimes there is no longer any use in asking questions, sometimes it's better to just know, or to just . . . be.
There will always be different things about which we need to ask questions. But after receiving the answer, there comes a time when we need to accept it. Sometimes, we keep ourselves in the questioning stage for too long. I know I do. There is life behind the questions we ask, the life that God gives when he offers himself as the answer and invites us to accept him.
"But sometimes . . . sometimes there is no longer any use in asking questions, sometimes it's better to just know, or to just . . . be."
Hmm, I think I would agree with you here, Thursday. Such questions like "who to be" "where to go" can only last for so long. I agree with Wednesday, that God is the answer, and I find it extremely comforting that we are told again and again in scripture to just ... wait. Wait, and God will reveal the answer. There are times we need to just "live" or "be" like Thursday said. [and I'm failing at describing this with words]
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