This week the theme of articles on the internet have focused on scientific explanations and theories to prove or disprove The Resurrection, Passover and Heaven. Questions such as: "Do we have bodies in Heaven?" "Was the resurrection of Jesus just metaphor?" "Was Passover just a coincidence of events on earth?" I remember seeing a video that our youth pastor played fone night at our service that went through all kinds of things that we can't see or touch but that are just part of the world we live in. They just are...You cant' prove love, it just is.
Faith:belief in, devotion to, or trust in somebody or something without logical proof.
It's so simple and yet so hard for people to understand.
We spend our days trying to figure everything out, putting things on spreadsheets, powerpoints, charts and graphs. Organizing here and delegating there. Arguing our points and the statistics to back them up. Documenting this action and crossing our t's and dotting our i's. We have a theory or psychoanalysis for all kinds of behaviors and a reaction to so many others.
The Resurrection requires only for us to hear and believe. Why on earth would God love us that much that He would send His only Son to be humiliated, beaten and hung on a cross to die? He loves us that much. The proof is on the cross. He rose and walked on the earth to prove to us that it did happen. We are only to believe Him.
And no, I have no idea what to expect in Heaven, or what I will look like, or if my body will be there with me. I really don't care. I will be in the presence of God and that is all that matters. He made a promise and I believe Him.
The Resurrection is our hope of life with Him. Hope isn't tangible, Love isn't tangible, Faith isn't tangible it just IS!!! We see symbols and expressions of all those things everyday, but we can't touch or prove the essence. It isn't logical...its's Faith!!
The Sock Exchange
12 years ago
Amen Victoria!
ReplyDeleteHey girl! Lovin' the direction your blog is taking... :)
ReplyDeleteI was just having a FB conversation with a friend yesterday and had the opportunity to address this very issue. Here's what I wrote to her:
Even though I consider myself a person of faith (stronger on some days than others) it doesn’t mean I have all of the answers, or even most of them. And many people would say my faith doesn’t “make sense.” … it’s “childlike” or “simplistic.” But that’s ok with me, because the book of Hebrews defines faith as the "substance of things hoped for" and the "evidence of things unseen." (Hebrews 11:1) (Here’s a good article about that:
http://protestantism.suite101.com/article.cfm/blind_faith