On the topic of: what role does God play in his security (?) and peace in mind & heart (?) of the following topics - transitions, self doubt, uncertainties, self confidence, and the unknownness of what the future may or may NOT hold
- Gospel understanding of who God is and who HE is to ME
- anxiety of transition: comes from the fear of LOSS and the fear of not gaining what you’re “supposed to gain”
- building life around this worry
- additional worry of losing what you’ve got so FAR
- viewing God (test proctor) of GRACE
- always giving us a blessing in the here and NOW
- viewing “blessings”/good things in life as things we’ve stolen or things GIVEN to us by God?
- never come to an end of this life
- never come to a place where you’re done living, free worrying
- never done enjoying
- there’s always something else to enjoy
- glimpse of heaven: free of worry & ever-increasing enjoyment
- the promise of heaven
- what helps get through the NOW
- God isn’t dangling heaven in front of us (of me)
- being eternally bound, allows for a DEEPER LEVEL of ENJOYMENT
- God is the building to my rooms LOL????
- danger: what do I WANT to believe [this statement is foolish]
- doesn’t make TRUTH, not reality
- taking comfort in delusions, not satisfactory
- EX: vaccines + autism
- what if im wrong: that is okay
- scientific pursuit vs commercial pursuit
- commercial pursuit is the WRONG/incorrect way of approaching religions and life
- scientific pursuit is the better approach
- EX: fabric softener
- PJ: commercially more appealing to be an atheist? a free thinker?
- the role of my upbringing/room i was placed in:
- middle class korean american 1st generation west coast californian
- its okay to look away from all that and its traditions & its okay to say it is not ALL right, there ARE errors
- this is the system i was placed in and enjoyed, grew up in. and now my time to view other systems is happening
- i shouldn’t fear leaving the system i was placed in, i shouldn’t fear.
- i was taught that it was true without being told WHY it was true OR NOT TRUE
- some adaptations will come about
- truth of how life works is still there despite differences in culture, place, room
- EX: animal science in california vs france LOL (french science???)
- what are things that i learned about myself/God that are universally true? Why are these things held to be true? and to who? WHY?
- EX: being taught since we were kids that washing our hands is good, but never told why till later.
- in this pursuit: not looking/focusing on what i like more or less
- systematic theology
- proofs
- starting with nothing
