I should still be working on my paper, but I'm going to take a break... Just to type some free form stuff in order to get the creative juices re-flowing....
As I sit here tonight, I can't help but wonder what comes after. Not tomorrow, not this weekend, but much later. Death is eminent, but my faith tells me there is much more after, that life is merely a process to determine where you end up (kinda). Sometimes I wonder about such things, being a Christian there are not a lot of clear cut answers to the questions we often ponder.
The greatest source of information pertaining to the "End Times" is Revelation, and it's full of numerological references, hyperboles, metaphors, and all of the other literary devices. There is no way to accurately decipher what is being said, so we're left to reference the other New Testament places: Paul's Letters, the other various letters, and the gospels. However, Jesus was often reported as being "shady" with information as well. The gospels are full of parables, which, more often than not, have many ways of interpretation. So, really, it all comes down to faith... however, that is a scary concept as well.
This is where I tie it back to the work I'm actually supposed to be doing....Saint Augustine struggled with this very fear. Christianity has eternal truth, but it's all based on faith, there was no real logic/reason behind it's teachings, like science. It is easier to grasp concepts and ideas if there is a logical path to the conclusions, we don't get that with Christianity... there is no clear path, we have to have faith. However easy it is to be a faithful person, it becomes more difficult in determining whether or not your faith is, in fact, in the right place. Let the bible be your guide... talk to people... pray... listen.
I don't know where I was going to go with that, but there it is... nobody will probably read this anyway, so whatevs!
Peace and Love,
Andy J. Graves
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