When I started this blog over a year ago, I was filled with purpose and determination. I had set a large goal for myself, not only to give up drinking for a year but also to “fix” my relationship with God. I blogged daily and so much of what I had to say was about God.
I don’t blog as much anymore. And believe me, it’s not for lack of thoughts swirling through my head, it’s just that I like to have the answers. I like to know that when I have a problem, concern, whatever, that by the end of my tidy and concisely written article I have already drawn my conclusions.
I am struggling to write because I’m struggling to find the answers. How can I wrap up my thoughts in a blog if I can’t organize them or make sense of them.
I have been in search of peace. A peace beyond all understanding that is promised to me in the Bible if I simply place my faith in Jesus Christ. But if there is one thing I’ve learned it’s that there is no peace. How can there be really? One look at the newspaper confirms that truth.
Life is a bitch, quite frankly, as the saying goes. It’s hard. People get sick, they die, they lose their jobs, their friends, they struggle with addictions, money problems, health issues. The list goes on…
So the obvious answer is to assume there really is no God. How could there be in a world filled with strife. Or maybe there’s a God, in the sense of some great energy force or some other such scientific something or other, but certainly no personal God. If there was, wouldn’t I feel his presence? Wouldn’t I feel that peace that I yearn for so desperately? Wouldn’t I know for sure that everything would be all right in the end?
I don’t have the answers to those questions. Not today, maybe not ever. But I don’t believe the answer is to do what I have done over the last few months and turn away from the hope that He is there. To give up on God is the easy way out. To have faith amidst a headful of doubt is difficult. It requires a choice. A daily decision to believe that everything will be all right in the end.
My faith is shattered, fragmented and hanging on by a thread, but it’s not gone. I hope its enough…
Man I wish we could sit and have coffee.
ReplyDeleteI would love love love to have these conversations with you. You and my best friend have this relationship with God and your religion and the struggles that go along with Faith.
I wish you'd still blog - even without having the answers all neatly tucked into the post. I miss your dialouge about it all.
I once gave you an inspiration award and if you recall it's because of your pursuit of your faith, not because of your answers to it all.
Be well, thanks for this and thanks for dropping by to say hello to me. I've really missed you.