Why o Why

So we got a very simple question this week...Why are you interning?

daniel

Wonder and Awe

Hello fellow 1st years. I hope you are settling into your summer routine, whatever it may be, but first I have a confession... I let my surroundings dictate what I think about sometimes. Not in a bad way though, what I am saying is that I am in Destin, FL (with no oil spilling up on the beach) with my family. I am actually writing this overlooking the Gulf of Mexico, filled with wonder and awe over God’s creation, and it has me thinking. What is the purpose of wonder and awe in the Christian life? In the beginning of Acts the apostles are doing miraculous signs and the kingdom is advancing and it says in Ch. 3:43 “43Everyone was filled with awe, and many wonders and miraculous signs were done by the apostles.” So what role should wonder and awe have in our daily life: is it something we need to seek to have, something that will come naturally as we pursue God, something that we should repent if we don’t have. What is its purpose, what is its function in our life? Thoughts…

daniel

Expectations...

Welcome to the first year blog

So the purpose of this blog is for us to interact and connect so that we can hit the ground running come August. This is a place to share ideas, thoughts, fears etc. On some practical notes I will update the blog at the beginning of every week (Monday or Tuesday), so be on the lookout.

For our first blog post I would like to deal with the topic of expectations. You are about to start a new journey, you have a certain idea as to what it will be like, and you have certain expectations as to what you will encounter this year. So, what is the proper view you should have concerning interning and expectations? When discussing expectations and Christianity there are usually 3 camps.

1. The camp that says expectations are good. They show that you have faith to believe in what God is going to do. So when you have expectations it is a show of faith
2. The camp that says we cannot comprehend what God is going to do, therefore we should not have expectations because we are limiting our experience of Him because he may do something that we are not expecting, and therefore “miss it”
3. Then there are those of us who answer “a little bit of both”

So what do you think, which camp do you fall in?