So much seems to be happening in life right now. I won't be getting into it much, but suffice it to say that my head is spinning. And it includes me trying to write my dissertation in just a little over a year.
As we prepare for another season of Lent at St. B's, I'm reminded about how important spiritual disciplines are. For now, I'm trying to remain in the moment, enjoying what I have. It means focusing on a simple life, looking to God and understanding His blessings in these things, as well as remaining faithful to Him by waiting to see what He has in store.
I look forward to sharing this with you all in the future.
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Friday, January 7, 2011
Notes on Theodicy
This morning, as part of my morning read, I came across this passage from Guardini:
"How an evil exist, and the destruction caused by evil exist, in a world God created? God wanted the world to be good and healthy; has it not in fact proved a failure? The answer is that God wished the world to reach its culmination in man's freedom and He must therefore give this freedom the power of decision, even against Himself. But, it is urged, Got knew from eternity what form that decision would take. Why, then, did He create the world at all? One possible reply is that these questions touch upon the realm of absolute mystery and therefore both the questions and any answers we try to give them are necessarily inadequate. None the less, a man has to put these questions; it is the only way he can express the most disturbing note in all existence. Why, then, did God bring a creature into being when He foresaw the way it would go?" (From: "Freedom, Grace, Destiny")
As Sudan stands on the cusp of the Referendum, pray for how freedom is used and the future only God foresees.
"How an evil exist, and the destruction caused by evil exist, in a world God created? God wanted the world to be good and healthy; has it not in fact proved a failure? The answer is that God wished the world to reach its culmination in man's freedom and He must therefore give this freedom the power of decision, even against Himself. But, it is urged, Got knew from eternity what form that decision would take. Why, then, did He create the world at all? One possible reply is that these questions touch upon the realm of absolute mystery and therefore both the questions and any answers we try to give them are necessarily inadequate. None the less, a man has to put these questions; it is the only way he can express the most disturbing note in all existence. Why, then, did God bring a creature into being when He foresaw the way it would go?" (From: "Freedom, Grace, Destiny")
As Sudan stands on the cusp of the Referendum, pray for how freedom is used and the future only God foresees.
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