My roommate just told me something profound.
As I'm stressing over just the right words to write to my profs in order to get them to allow me to take their classes without taking the prerequisites, she says, "wow, you're putting too much thought into this...I mean, God already has it down if you'll be able to take the class or not so..."
click! of course He does, He's got everything under control. I'm just a bit of a Calvinist (just a bit though...okay, maybe verging on hyper-Calvinism?? --> I believe very much in the total sovreignty of God (He's in control of everything) but I also believe very much that man is responsible for his actions). So the thought shouldn't have come off as too profound, but it was like that light above my head just got a lot brighter. The "deep theology" stuff was put into layman's terms- so easy a child could understand it....hmmm.
Then, as I was cleaning for white glove I was thinking more into what she said again. I thought "If God has everything planned already, then whoa...it's not something I need to worry about, that's not my job to fret over things, it's not in my control, my job is just to ...know Him." that's it. that's what I'm supposed to get. all of this. everything around me is so that I can know Him. everything that happens in a day is so that I can know Him. My one responsiblity is to know Him.
wow, God, this is your love story to me, isn't it? I love you too.
As I'm stressing over just the right words to write to my profs in order to get them to allow me to take their classes without taking the prerequisites, she says, "wow, you're putting too much thought into this...I mean, God already has it down if you'll be able to take the class or not so..."
click! of course He does, He's got everything under control. I'm just a bit of a Calvinist (just a bit though...okay, maybe verging on hyper-Calvinism?? --> I believe very much in the total sovreignty of God (He's in control of everything) but I also believe very much that man is responsible for his actions). So the thought shouldn't have come off as too profound, but it was like that light above my head just got a lot brighter. The "deep theology" stuff was put into layman's terms- so easy a child could understand it....hmmm.
Then, as I was cleaning for white glove I was thinking more into what she said again. I thought "If God has everything planned already, then whoa...it's not something I need to worry about, that's not my job to fret over things, it's not in my control, my job is just to ...know Him." that's it. that's what I'm supposed to get. all of this. everything around me is so that I can know Him. everything that happens in a day is so that I can know Him. My one responsiblity is to know Him.
wow, God, this is your love story to me, isn't it? I love you too.
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Kelli - To answer your question ("I've looked through a few of your posts and am just wondering where you're at in your quest for a new worldview"), I am an atheist with respect to any gods described in religious literature and an agnostic with respect to the general concept of god. BTW, it is interesting that Zacharias work was assigned in your philosophy class.
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