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I dont really think that Matt or Laurie is keeping me at Simpsonwood. I dunno. But its probably the people there, in the youth group. definitely not all of them, but some. Such as you, andie, carrie, jill, etc. but yeah.
And when i thought about it the other day, I really did agree with pretty much everything you do about scripture, predestination, women in the church, etc. Its hard to accept it and actually believe that god has chosen an "elite" people for heaven, but its hard to not believe it I guess. at least for me. I hate the idea of it, and that we have no control over our own destiny. Where in the bible again did it talk about predestination again? thanx. yeah. I just want to read the actual scripture, which i dont think I have ever done and actually paid attention or listened. I havent wnated to believe it, because it seems so odd that our God, who is in all ways perfect, would do such a thing.
I love the way that simpsonwood is sometimes, in the whole feel good beliefs, but now that i think about it, i dont agree with it completely. I dunno...its really confusing me right now. Way too complicated. And I do want to go to perimiter with you, but I dont think that I could ever completly leave Simpsonwood. Plus, I tink it would be kind of cool to stay there, and see what perimiter has to say, compared to simpsonwood, etc. Plus I have pretty much grown up at Simpsonwood. Its really hard for me to leave. I know there are mission opportunities at Perimieter, but I still Love simpsonwood in that senses. I still want to continue going to Tampa, and hopefully honduras. I dunno. I still want to be able to participate at simpsonwood, but start going more to Perimiter, too. I will think it over a lot more, most likely. We shall talk about it soon or something.
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 aestheticl
2005-06-28 09:04
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eh...that's quite amazing. And I agree..After Ben and I had the conversation about leaving Simpsonwood, I went and cried for awhile..no joke. It seemed so...out of place. Except for my stint at 24k, i never thought i'd really want to leave Simpsonwood...But now it seems really different. Oh yes, i forgot another thing keeping me at Simpsonwood: The kids. VBS. all of that.. But yes, for Predestination....definitely read Romans 8-10, and keep in mind the thought of predestination, in order to understand where it's coming from on the subject, you need to have the mindset that you believe it...if only for a few minutes. just think "alright, this is true." and it should make a lot of sense. Then you could go back and read it normally, and see how the two interpretations in your mind coincide, I guess. There's a whole lot in those 3 chapters, so that should tide you off as far as contemplating Scripture goes, for awhile!! Nicole's been saying the same things to me lately...online we had this huge conversation about predestination and women in the church, and she said at the beginning "I know everyone at church disagrees with you...but lately i've been thinking about it, and i'm really interested in what you have to say on it." -that was probably the single most amazing thing that has happened to me since everyone decided I was a nut. it was awesome. So...i hope you'll be at lunch bunch, I think i'll try to go to it today! *muah* -Laura (Reply to this) (Thread) |
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