Recap

I realized I never finished telling you guys about the break.....

My last week at home was WONDERFUL! I spent four days in Traverse City with my amazing family. We relaxed, played games, swam, did a little sight seeing, and just generally enjoyed being together. How I miss them!

The next day I went with Jeremy to go visit his grandparents in North Carolina. We had a great trip down (despite being caught in a four hour traffic jam). Friday morning I was privileged to dance at SIM (the missions organization that the Wilsons work for), and Friday afternoon I repeated the joy. It was such a blessing to be able to share what the Lord has given me with these precious people. It was so awesome! Unfortunately I got sick right after that......really sick. I'm not sure why I got as sick as I was, but it was pretty bad. The Wilsons, Jeremy, Justin and Laura (Jeremy's brother and brother's fiancee) took such good care of me, they were wonderful! Because I was so sick Jeremy decided to drive me from North Carolina to Jackson (which was a HUGE blessing). We left on Monday, ate lunch in Atlanta and walked around the city for a while, and arrived in Jackson around dinner time. Jeremy stayed until Wednesday morning (and since I still wasn't better, convinced me to go to the doctor.) Despite being sick, it was a fantastic trip! I really enjoyed everything.

This week has been good, just trying to get back into the swing of things. I'm a little homesick, but I guess that's to be expected.

The last few days at Ballet Magnificat, we've been learning about the "emerging church" movement. For those that don't know (I sure didn't) the emerging church is a post modern, new age approach to Christianity.....and it's not good. Basically what they're saying is that truth is subjective, you have a truth, I have a truth, but they're not necessarily the same thing. They believe that all roads lead to one place. For instance, if you're a devoted Muslim, a devoted Christian or a devoted Jew, you're serving the same God, and you're going to heaven. That is clearly NOT biblical. But why? Why would a loving God send a devoted Muslim to hell? The Muslim sincerely believed in his religion, and tried his best to live it out. First, I want to make it clear that I don't have all the answers.....God does. From what I can see, if you sincerely believe that the sky is green, and live everyday under that assumption for the rest of your life....it still doesn't make the sky green! It's blue, and it will always be blue, it is not subject to your own personal beliefs. Jesus didn't say, "I am the way, the truth and the life, and if you have never heard about me, it's okay, because Allah works too." NO! Not okay. Watch out dear friends! This way of thinking seem so logical, so loving....but it isn't, it's false doctrine. It attacks the very core of Christianity! The sovereignty of Christ is a BIG DEAL. Again, I don't know how to reconcile the verse in Romans where it talks about the gentiles being a law for themselves, because God wrote the law on their hearts. I'm not sure how that works. What I do know is that it's better to get out there and tell people about Christ, then it is to sit here and argue about something that ONLY God will decide. We MUST be careful. We're living in a day and age where truth has become irrelevant. We have to be good "keepers of the Word.....be prepared to preach in season and out of season."(2 Timothy) We need to know what the Word says. Memorize it, meditate on it, think about it, live it out.....that is the only way to guard our minds against false teaching.

If you want more reading on this, Jeremy wrote about it as well (and his insights are very good.)


In conclusion, this is what I know: I know that Jesus Christ died on the cross and rose again to pay the penalty for my sin (and yours), and because of that we have eternal life in heaven. I know that I am called to preach THIS gospel to all those that I come into contact with. I know that God is loving and just, and that he will decide the issues that I don't understand.