10.05.09
Resurrection
So I finally read The Shack about a month ago and am already working my way through it a second time with Bryan. And it’s got me thinking. A lot actually. About a lot of things.
When I was in college, many many moons ago now, my world was fairly black and white. It was a nice season to live in since it didn’t require much angst in forming judgement calls about almost anything. It was either right or wrong. Good or bad. Period.
Now I find myself living in the gray space, and not having ready answers for pretty much anything is very frustrating. It’s made me a more thoughtful person and a more open person but ultimately it’s also made me a more frustrated person. There are lots of opportunities every day to somehow choose sides over an issue. Suddenly I find myself being that person who believes that there might be space in the middle and that it doesn’t constitute sitting on the fence, unwilling to commit to anything. This is a very foreign place to be.
Some of this thinking has been about resurrection and how my understanding of Christ’s resurrection should impact my daily life. If some part of us lives on eternally and perhaps even the world itself is made new not by decimating everything and starting over but by resurrecting some of what is here, what does that say about how we should treat ourselves, each other, and the world we live in?
sarah said,
October 5, 2009 at 9:01 pm
I like this post.