I believe in Science..
I don't know what your relationship with God is. Whether you have more questions than answers, looking for scientific evidence and proof or maybe you've factored him out a long time ago because you've just been hurt too much by life and the people that were meant to make it better..and in the name of Jesus..didn't do what they were supposed to do..I understand.
I may not share your story..but, I've been hurt by people in the church and out. And it makes all these questions harder to ask.
Because..it's personal.
And I've favored the thought at times, that when life hands me one painful event after another, and then I look around and see that everyone I encounter seems to be gloriously walking through life..telling you about the parking spot that they were praying for and how God came through for them in their "crisis"..meanwhile, I thought I was praying for the hard stuff..so, it seems as if God has left me to deal with this all alone.
I know.
It's personal.
Where is he..does he know..and does he care?
All questions I've asked.
And met with silence.
My encouragement for you is that the answer is all "Yes" to those questions.
If you have children and have watched them learn how to read, ride a bike or anything..you know you have to let them struggle through it first.
It's hard to watch our kids struggle..I can only imagine how hard it is to let God watch us struggle.
And those questions about God only get harder when everything in the Bible seems to be debatable..
except Jesus.
Now for context, I'll let you know that I talk to my brilliant, scientist husband..all.the.time. about some of these things. And it all hinges on one thing..Jesus.
We know for a fact that Jesus walked the earth, and died when he said he would.
And we know that there were so many eyewitnesses to his resurrection..they kept writing letters..later wrapped into a neat book called it the "New Testament"..but, at that time..it was just letters.
We also know that he died with zero people expecting him to rise again.
No one waited for him outside the tomb..in fact they were just heartbroken that he wasn't the King they thought he was.
So they walked away, too..with questions about this God of ours..and what it all means.
Until he made an appearance and wrecked their entire thinking.
Jesus made many prophesies about certain things during his ministry. I'm narrowing down to one that I believe are the most fact driven.
I may not share your story..but, I've been hurt by people in the church and out. And it makes all these questions harder to ask.
Because..it's personal.
And I've favored the thought at times, that when life hands me one painful event after another, and then I look around and see that everyone I encounter seems to be gloriously walking through life..telling you about the parking spot that they were praying for and how God came through for them in their "crisis"..meanwhile, I thought I was praying for the hard stuff..so, it seems as if God has left me to deal with this all alone.
I know.
It's personal.
Where is he..does he know..and does he care?
All questions I've asked.
And met with silence.
My encouragement for you is that the answer is all "Yes" to those questions.
If you have children and have watched them learn how to read, ride a bike or anything..you know you have to let them struggle through it first.
It's hard to watch our kids struggle..I can only imagine how hard it is to let God watch us struggle.
And those questions about God only get harder when everything in the Bible seems to be debatable..
except Jesus.
Now for context, I'll let you know that I talk to my brilliant, scientist husband..all.the.time. about some of these things. And it all hinges on one thing..Jesus.
We know for a fact that Jesus walked the earth, and died when he said he would.
And we know that there were so many eyewitnesses to his resurrection..they kept writing letters..later wrapped into a neat book called it the "New Testament"..but, at that time..it was just letters.
We also know that he died with zero people expecting him to rise again.
No one waited for him outside the tomb..in fact they were just heartbroken that he wasn't the King they thought he was.
So they walked away, too..with questions about this God of ours..and what it all means.
Until he made an appearance and wrecked their entire thinking.
Jesus made many prophesies about certain things during his ministry. I'm narrowing down to one that I believe are the most fact driven.
Matthew 16:18 18 And I tell you that you are Peter,[a] and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades[b] will not overcome it.
And the church grew. 200 years later..Rome becomes entirely Christian. And Christians are now all over the world. All. Over. The.World.
Tell me how that happened?
After the crucifixion, they were persecuted by the Romans. They made it a sport to kill christians at the time. And most of the disciples who followed Jesus would later die a brutal death.
I wonder if they believed Jesus when he said this at the time.
My guess is that they had their doubts.
My struggle with the Big Bang Theory..as brilliant and wonderful as it is..has always been that you cannot create something from nothing.
I stand corrected.
Jesus died with zero followers. And is now worshipped all over the world.
Something from nothing was created.
And its a fact. Not just a theory.
And..then in all the letters written in the New Testament..Jesus is referencing the Old Testament.
So..now you have one direct point of reference validating another.
But, who says you have to believe God created the world in our 7 days?
2 Peter 3:8 But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day..
Who says God didn't create our brilliant scientists to find different theories in how he did it?
In all honesty, I'm not smart enough to think that way..but, I wasn't there anyways..so I just believe simple facts.
If God raised Jesus from the dead..everything else falls in the legit category for me..!
But..I know..I know..some of us christians haven't made us feel loved and cared for have they?!
I told you..I understand that, too..
But...Nacho and I want to help..
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