It was good to be together on Sunday. I appreciated our discussion and look forward to continuing it in the coming weeks. As we discussed, life is full of questions, and yet our greatest need is not for more information, but for a relationship with the One who is true and good and beautiful.
what is God like?
As we work through/wrestle with the questions you have posed, we are driven to the question, "What is God like?" In order to approach the other questions we must consider what we believe about who God is and what his character is like. So, at our next gathering we'll dive into questions like these:
- How do I live as You desire (love You - love others) when there is so much else that must be done to live here? Err - maybe I know the answer - give me the ability to execute ...
- Why do you allow suffering especially of the innocent?
- How do I know when You are pleased with me? How do I know when I'm good enough?
- How do I know what God has planned for me?
searching for answers
These are questions about how we relate to God - about what he is like. We agreed together on Sunday to spend some time on our own this week considering that question: what is God like? Consider your own experiences, but also please spend some time searching the scriptures, asking God for a deeper understanding of what he is like.
While this may be a "big" question, please don't be overwhelmed by it. Maybe a way to approach it would be to consider the themes and stories of the Bible you are already familiar with...what do they show you about what God is like?
plenty to talk about
I think we'll have plenty to talk about on Sunday. :) If you'd like to begin sharing your thoughts before then, please comment below.
