I am a wife, soon to be mother, recent college graduate with
a bachelor’s degree in English, and, for lack of a better word, a Christian.
Having gone to BIOLA, a Christian university, I have found
myself in a deep struggle to reconcile the cultural habits of what I consider
to be my society and the very clear teachings of Jesus and the Bible as a
whole. The society in which I find myself consists primarily of semi-academics
of the Christian community located in the suburban wastes of California .
There has always been an “almost-but not quite-ness” about those I am typically
around and myself when it comes to fully understanding God and what he truly
desires and expects of us.
Being an English major, these struggles often would present
themselves in the forms of essays and other forms of written expression I had
not the time to write. Now, however, that I am out of college and wasting time
until this little guy arrives in January, I figured I was in a good position to
start putting my musings on certain topics down on paper -or screen, as it were.
My primary desire is for truth. I feel I am equipped with a
great deal of it, but I also know my opinions are simply opinions and can’t be
stated as anything else. I try not to let anything graduate from opinion to
fact without it truly earning the title. I hope that the parts of my worldview that are unwavable truths and those that are simply my interpretations come across accordingly.
Basically, I know that there is a God. I know that the Bible
is trustworthy and contains ultimate authority. I know God is perfect. I know I
am too small to fully understand him. I know I am supposed to do my best to try
to figure it out anyway. And I know that he gave me a passion if not a talent for
writing and it is through that medium I hope to express my feelings and explore
greater ideas.
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