Deep thoughts by Big Mac...

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Today I couldn't find a picture worthy enough of placing on my blog. So today I would like to talk about some things and hopefully start people thinking...Now before I do let me state here for the record that I am not a bible scholar. I just do the best I can and follow what I believe to be the true will of God.

Today was chapel and our speaker was the youth pastor from our church. One of the things that he talked about was the concept of "Pre-destination". This one topic has spawned more debate than anything. And thinking about it myself I can come to both conclusions very easily. First the against side: If you were against "Pre-destination", you would say that there is no way God knows everything about our future, whose going to heaven and who doesn't because that takes away "free will". Free will is something that is talked about several times in the bible. How can a God that wants us to choose Him have "pre-destination" in mind. You eliminate any choice on the human part which in turns makes us sort of like robots. Now if you believe in "pre-destination" you would counter that by saying that you are putting limits on what God can know. A God that knows how many hairs are on my head, a God that knows us so well that He knew us before we were born. How can you say that an all knowing God, who is Alpha, Omega, beginning and end, doesn't know the future.

Can you understand my confusion. I had a Christian Beliefs prof at Mid America Nazarene University once pose the question..."If you were walking along the street would God know if you were going to kick a stone" At this point I was very much in the belief that God knew me so well that He knew that I was going to. The pro retorted that why would God even waste His time worrying about that. Maybe not in those words but it got me to think which was probably the whole point of the example. Matthew 6 :25-27 says: Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not like more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? Look at the birds or the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life. I really took a look at this...if God knows us birds that well and He takes care of them. How much more important are we His children.

I worked in a snack shop in college and the guy I worked with, he and I would talk about this kind of thing a lot. (he was a bible major) His feelings on this kind of made sense and I thought I would share them with you. He said that God is the author of the book of our life. He wrote it so he knows how it is going to end, He holds the book so He is can also turn to any page at any time, but He is also rereading the book like He has no idea what is going to happen. Not knowing but CAN knowing are two different things. This concept might be hard to wrap around, but as I was also once told, A fish will never know what snow is, there are some things that we as humans aren't suppose to know. That is the best that my little brain can come up with at this point...I hope that I was able to really throw you into a state of confusion right along with me.

Peace out...later on.