iWonder
I am involved with a campus ministry at App called CRU (Campus Crusade for Christ), and it is great community that is pursuing what living out a life of faith looks like. By no means do we have all the answers, but we are committed to seeking them together and attempting to experience more of the fullness we have been given in Christ.
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Believe, Belong, Bless kind of wraps up our goals as a ministry and what we want to be about. I believe that in Christ we have been given true freedom from our sin by the gift of grace. Christ restores our relationship with God and takes on the wages of our sin so that we might have new life in abundance. CRU seeks to be a place of belonging where we can intentionally live in community and celebrate the gift of relationships. We are not called to go through life alone - we need each other's support as we seek the Lord and grow in our discipleship. And finally, we are called to bless the world around us and share the hope of Christ and the truth of the Gospel that we have experienced.
With CRU, we are in a two week mission called iCare - it is all about being intentional in our relationships and how we interact with our surroundings in our daily lives. Our culture is inundated with technology and it is such a distraction; I know it is for me. I spend so much of my time staring at computer/phone screens, twitter or facebook feeds, instagram pictures, snapchats, and the like instead of looking at the world and people right in front of my face. So iCare is a commitment to put down some of my distractions and be present in life with the people around me.
Each day of this two week journey has a specific posture or theme and today's was iWonder. It kind of turned into iPostpone because of some less than ideal Boone weather, but it got me thinking nonetheless. The idea of this theme is the questions we have about God and who He is. It is so easy for me to be scared of my questions because I have grown up feeling like it was taboo to doubt and wrestle with my faith. But God is teaching me to trust in Him more fully and know that He will not cease to be the God that He is because I question Him. My questions are opportunities for me to grow in my relationship with the Lord and continue to be maturing and being made new.
At a retreat during college I was listening to a speaker and he posed a question that has stuck with me. And I think each of us could answer it in such unique ways based on our experiences and understanding of God. It was,
So what about you, what do you wonder? If you could have God show you one thing so that you would never doubt again, what would it be?
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Believe, Belong, Bless kind of wraps up our goals as a ministry and what we want to be about. I believe that in Christ we have been given true freedom from our sin by the gift of grace. Christ restores our relationship with God and takes on the wages of our sin so that we might have new life in abundance. CRU seeks to be a place of belonging where we can intentionally live in community and celebrate the gift of relationships. We are not called to go through life alone - we need each other's support as we seek the Lord and grow in our discipleship. And finally, we are called to bless the world around us and share the hope of Christ and the truth of the Gospel that we have experienced.
With CRU, we are in a two week mission called iCare - it is all about being intentional in our relationships and how we interact with our surroundings in our daily lives. Our culture is inundated with technology and it is such a distraction; I know it is for me. I spend so much of my time staring at computer/phone screens, twitter or facebook feeds, instagram pictures, snapchats, and the like instead of looking at the world and people right in front of my face. So iCare is a commitment to put down some of my distractions and be present in life with the people around me.
Each day of this two week journey has a specific posture or theme and today's was iWonder. It kind of turned into iPostpone because of some less than ideal Boone weather, but it got me thinking nonetheless. The idea of this theme is the questions we have about God and who He is. It is so easy for me to be scared of my questions because I have grown up feeling like it was taboo to doubt and wrestle with my faith. But God is teaching me to trust in Him more fully and know that He will not cease to be the God that He is because I question Him. My questions are opportunities for me to grow in my relationship with the Lord and continue to be maturing and being made new.
At a retreat during college I was listening to a speaker and he posed a question that has stuck with me. And I think each of us could answer it in such unique ways based on our experiences and understanding of God. It was,
"If you could ask God to show you one thing so that you would never doubt again, what would it be?"When the speaker initially asked, my mind was racing too much to come up with a potential answer. In some discussions after the sermon I continued to mull over the question until I finally stumbled on my answer. If God could let me see one thing so that I would never doubt again it would be to see myself as He sees me. To have a visual image of how He sees me clothed in His robes or righteousness covered by His grace is something I can't even imagine. My mind cannot create and image of that, but I feel like it would be the most beautiful thing I could ever see, and help me understand God's grace and unconditional love in a radical, transforming way.
So what about you, what do you wonder? If you could have God show you one thing so that you would never doubt again, what would it be?
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