Back after a break
I’m sorry for being away from my blog for so long. Circumstances have been changing with me at a quick pace and I hope they are now settling down. To cut a very long story short I have returned to full time Methodist Ministry.
I hope to get back to more regular blogging now.
It’s hard to explain to people with little or no faith why Christians get so convinced about some things – for instance feeling ‘called by God’ to ministry in the church – to say it is a feeling does not do justice to it.
One of my favourite stories is the story of the emporers new clothes. You probably know it well yourself and hopefully understand it’s message. Sometimes we can be blinded to the truth because of our desire to be a part of the crowd; or sometimes it is hard to see something because we refuse to look. What I’m trying to say (and it’s probably not really working here) is that sometimes it hard to see something because you don’t look in the right ways. When I look at things through my eyes of faith in Jesus life looks very different – to me it is an opening of the eyes to see the truth but I appreciate that some will claim it is the reverse. I guess its up to each of us to decide for ourselves whether we are closing our eyes to the truth or not.
However, surely the only way to be is to open your eyes to the possibilities and not to be swayed by the opinon of others – not just to follow everyone else’s opnion but to see for yourself. It was my choice to look for myself and not to follow what all my friends were telling me that led me to faith in Jesus. Where will your exploring lead you?
