Have you ever watched a NASCAR race? I watch clips from races sometimes. It amazes me how some drivers escape danger during crashes. It also amazes me how long they drive so fast!
These observations brought me to the title for today's entry - Grace and endurance. NASCAR drivers are "lucky". We have grace to get us through dangerous times in our lives. NASCAR drivers have endurance. They had to develop that just like we need to develop spiritual endurance in our lives. Our race was started. Let us drive our race the best we can so we can see Jesus waving the checkered flag!
Lord, you let us drive and drive. Please help us seek your will so we can experience grace and build endurance.
Teaching Tuesday
Surprised by Hope
by NT Wright
I finished my quick read of this book last week. I liked it OK, I guess. As one friend posted on Facebook "God's Kingdom - A Holy Ambiguity?" I suggested this book as a reference to a different viewpoint than what we were taught in Sunday School and college.
My personal opinion is that we can try to piece together scriptures all we want, but we don't know. Lots and lots of smart people have tried to figure it out over the years. I think it is what way for several reasons:
- human pride - we are bad enough now! Can you imagine what we would be like if we had all the answers? Humans would try to find the easiest path to get to whatever is after this life. There is also the pride of "knowing", people lifting themselves up instead of God.
- faith - we are to trust God for every breath and for what comes after this life. That is easily said, but not easily done!
- God is God - We try to restrict God because out tiny minds can't understand his awesomeness. Imagine our afterlife being a million times more wonderful than we can comprehend - then multiply that by a million!
Reading books like this is a good exercise. Check it out on Amazon or your local Christian bookstore.
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We are far from perfect, but despite our mistakes and our sins, we will never abandon the Lord and he will never abandon us - adapted from a statement about Abraham from the EfM Training Guide
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