What I write about comes from research, study, and personal experience. It’s mostly about life, and how we can live it better. But, in order to do that, we need to know what we’re working with:
- We all choose idols instead of God at times. We all have issues, we are all addicted to something. But it takes us a while to become aware of—be shown—some of those areas.
- Life will always have trials and troubles. Some are of our own making, but also because sometimes bad things just happen that we may never fully understand.
- As much as we want to run our own life, there is much of it we simply cannot control.
With all that bad news, what are we to do? That’s where God comes in.
Learning What We Don’t Know
Frankly, I can’t imagine life without God anymore.
And this is coming from someone who went more than 35 years not really thinking about God much at all. Not that I was against the concept. I went to church growing up, and I don’t remember specifically turning away from spirituality. I just had other things to do, and I didn’t see the point.
Back then, I didn’t know what I didn’t know.
Now, I know what I don’t know. I don’t know how God does what he does. And I don’t know why he does certain things, and doesn’t do other things. But what I don’t know doesn’t bother me.
What We Know About God
What matters now is what I do know about God. Because that has made all the difference in what life is like, and how I want to live it. It is a whole new world view that is also intensely personal.
I know God is good, and that he is in control of all things. I know he sent his Son to earth to live and die for us. And by trusting him as our Lord and Savior, our past is forgiven and our future assured.
That’s what we know about God. And knowing those things changes everything:
- Even though we continually turn away from God, he still loves us and pursues us.
- We can learn to set aside idols, deal with issues, and recover from addictions.
- We will never be perfect, and there will be trials, but life can be very good.
- It’s actually much better that we don’t control everything in our life.
What we know about God makes all the difference, and I can’t imagine life any other way.
Question: Are you willing to learn more about what you don’t know?
Action: This Christmas, spend time getting to know God more deeply.
