Today I had a processing overload error. No, not on my computer, in my brain. I hadn't really done anything really academic or anything that made my brain really stretch since I graduated last June, until today that is.
Today in class, Timo began his planned lecture on the character of God, and on hearing God's voice. The lecture and discussion spurred by the lecture was incredibly mentally stimulating, and mind stretching. We broached subjects that hadn't even entered the outer sphere of my thinking before! At first I absolutely loved it. I love learning about new things I can be passionate about, things that matter to me. I reached a point though, that my head was buzzing with so much information, that the processing just stopped. There was too much. I couldn't process it all at once. Luckily, shortly thereafter, class was over.
It is hours later, and my brain is only just now cautiously beginning to sift through everything I have taken in today. Here are a few interesting conclusions I am coming to as I sift through what I have heard today.
- Often the most difficult thing is not hearing God's voice, because God is always speaking to us. The difficult part is to filter out all the other voices and influences that are screaming at us in order to hear Him whispering to us.
- If each time we meet with God, we always talk about the same things, and always meet in the same way, (example: only through Bible reading, or only through worship) then we cannot move forward in our relationship with Him, and we cannot get to know Him in a deeper way. The same is true with people. If you have a friend whom you always meet at a coffee shop, and you always talk about work with them, you will never know anything about the rest of their lives, and you will never get to know them in any other context.
- When you ask God a question, expect an answer, but you must also expect it to not necessarily be the answer you want. You must be prepared to take the good with the bad, no matter what that means, even if His answer takes you out of your comfort zone and makes you feel awkward or uncomfortable.
- If you do what is right, even if it goes against what you may be feeling at the time, you are not a hypocrite. But, if you do what your emotions tell you regardless of what you know is right, and profess to be right, you are a hypocrite. Our society tells us to "go with what feels right" and to "follow your heart (emotions)", but what if you really feel like you want to kill someone? Society says that killing is wrong and you shouldn't do it, even if your emotions tell you too. (which makes society in general, as a whole, hypocritical by the way.)
These are just a few tidbits. There is so much more, but I haven't processed through it yet, and I need to sleep so I can recharge both my brain and my body, so that's all for tonight. Goodnight! =]
Today in class, Timo began his planned lecture on the character of God, and on hearing God's voice. The lecture and discussion spurred by the lecture was incredibly mentally stimulating, and mind stretching. We broached subjects that hadn't even entered the outer sphere of my thinking before! At first I absolutely loved it. I love learning about new things I can be passionate about, things that matter to me. I reached a point though, that my head was buzzing with so much information, that the processing just stopped. There was too much. I couldn't process it all at once. Luckily, shortly thereafter, class was over.
- Often the most difficult thing is not hearing God's voice, because God is always speaking to us. The difficult part is to filter out all the other voices and influences that are screaming at us in order to hear Him whispering to us.
- If each time we meet with God, we always talk about the same things, and always meet in the same way, (example: only through Bible reading, or only through worship) then we cannot move forward in our relationship with Him, and we cannot get to know Him in a deeper way. The same is true with people. If you have a friend whom you always meet at a coffee shop, and you always talk about work with them, you will never know anything about the rest of their lives, and you will never get to know them in any other context.
- When you ask God a question, expect an answer, but you must also expect it to not necessarily be the answer you want. You must be prepared to take the good with the bad, no matter what that means, even if His answer takes you out of your comfort zone and makes you feel awkward or uncomfortable.
- If you do what is right, even if it goes against what you may be feeling at the time, you are not a hypocrite. But, if you do what your emotions tell you regardless of what you know is right, and profess to be right, you are a hypocrite. Our society tells us to "go with what feels right" and to "follow your heart (emotions)", but what if you really feel like you want to kill someone? Society says that killing is wrong and you shouldn't do it, even if your emotions tell you too. (which makes society in general, as a whole, hypocritical by the way.)
These are just a few tidbits. There is so much more, but I haven't processed through it yet, and I need to sleep so I can recharge both my brain and my body, so that's all for tonight. Goodnight! =]
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