Learning, Yearning, and Journeying...?

Keep in mind this blog isn’t necessarily for everyone to be reading it.  This is just me getting my thoughts out and for me to kind of see where I’ve been and see how God’s working in me.

I’ve been going through the Gospels recently.  Jesus really likes the phrase, “Your faith has saved you/made you well/healed you/etc.”  All these people thought that them touching Jesus was what would save them and heal them and such.  But notice that every time someone does that, Jesus says it’s their faith that is doing the crazy stuff.  I mean, technically it’s God doing all the crazy stuff, but He does it because of their faith (if any of you are reading this and being all like, “No, He does it because blah blah blah,” realize I’m not doing this to be a theologian.  God has many reasons for doing things, so be a Christian and don’t try fighting).

I’m beginning to see that faith is going to be a lifelong lesson for me.  I don’t think faith is a very well understood concept, and that sucks.  We’re told, “Ask and you will receive,” but we don’t really believe that.  But we should!  If we ask with complete faith and knowing that it’s our request isn’t out of God’s character, then why would He give us a “snake instead of a fish?”  You get what I’m saying?

This whole Christian thing is a lot harder and more complex than churches and youth groups make it out to be.