It's in Kansas, isn't it?
Submitted by Bach on August 06 2000 20:14:59
In reply to Where's the middle ground? submitted by Rex Infinity on August 05 2000 18:26:55
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Hi Rex Infinity, I have struggled in my own life to find some of the middle ground you speak of. I, myself do not have a black/white, on/off understanding of what God is saying to us. My own viewpoint would be that men (and women) have interpreted scripture to mean narrow/wide in many spheres, whereas I believe that God is much, much bigger than that. My God is all shades of gray, because he knows that his people are too. It is *us* that have problems functioning in gray, and so people tend to make things into black and white issues. I don't think that God "puts me" somewhere, I think it is a metaphor for how I will feel separated from him. Each time I make choices that harm others (including myself) then I think that separates me from God. And when I make life-affirming choices, His spirit fills me and confirms my choice. But this is somewhat simplistic, and it doesn't necessarily always work like this, either. I'm the first to admit that I don't have all the puzzle pieces, but I would like to believe that God *does* have a plan for us and this struggling world. Peace of Christ, Bach |
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