Ahh, ok to my 4 blog readers... sorry, this is going to be one last "faith questioning post" and then I am hoping to start writing more about the answers I've found so far to my faith questions and the positive side of this journey for me. But first I wanted to list out the biggest faith questions I have.They come from a carousel of topics that reoccur in various forms. I know I'm not the first or the last to struggle with these, but there is strength in naming them. Fleshing them out so they can't pop up and scare me like some sort of monster underneath my bed. I want to speak them out, write them down and number them. That way I can peel them apart and come back again with my answers as I encounter them down the road and have time to blog through them one at a time.
Here is my Official "Laundry List" of Questions
1. Hell. Why and how and what is hell? It completely Biblical. If you believe the Bible is truth, its only a matter of time before you have to entertain the idea that not everyone who walks on the Earth will be in Heaven someday.
2. Suffering of the innocent. I can feel the emotion bubble up in my heart even as I type the words. I hold my little ones tightly every night and rock them slowly to sleep all the while aware that there are children in the world tonight who need what no one will give. Its harder now than ever to understand how this is possible in a world where a good God presides.
3. Is Christianity True, The TRUTH even amidst present day claims about religious relativism and the authority of science?
I know I just listed out some of the hardest concepts that people face no matter what they believe about God. I'm not trying to simplify this. I'm just sharing that in my prayers to God and in my times at the kitchen sink, these are often the issues I'm struggling with right now. I've got some thoughts about how I would respond if someone else asked me these questions right off the bat...so I'm hoping to start writing those out and then adding to them....
...anybody out there still?
I'm listening! I still struggle with truth. Who's truth, what truth? Like the dinosaur thing we talked about. Stuff like that wouldn't be at the forefront of my mind with out kids. Love reading your thoughts!
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