Yes, no body really wants to see in side. But lets pretend for a moment. If I’m thinking about something. Let’s call that something a box. Most people would just see a box. They would think…”Oh, yeah, nice box. You can put stuff in it. That’s cool.” Me, no…I see the box yes. But what if the box were purple, what are the implications of that. And because it’s purple, or might be purple, does that change the way I use it. Is purple just a girl color? And if it is, who decided that purple should be girl color. Was it built into nature or have we as an American society decided that. For that matter have I just been conditioned to think that. What other things have I been conditioned to think. Hmmm…but then maybe it’s okay to be conditioned…I mean everyone else is. How does that impact the way I look at God. Does my story of God match the correct view of God? Does that mean that the way I was raised is wrong? What does that mean for the rest of my life. Or maybe there is no perfect way to be raised and it’s just okay, and that’s part of living on my own and finding my own way. But is it okay to live my own way, or should I follow all my father’s teaching. Am I really free to think on my own, or has my environment decided for me? Should I really be free? Am I calvinist or weslyan. Does it matter? They were hundreds of years after Jesus anyways, why would we follow people and not God. But then God put people in our lives to follow after….right? Or did he? I think he did….but then….who taught me to think that….my father….my teachers….and were they right to teach me that.
Ok, I’m done now…just thought I would amuse the few readers who might come by and give you a glimpse into my brain. That is what you call…thinking outside the box…which I’ve decided to now paint blue…which in turn could bring on a whole different onslaught of questions and comments.
I thank God for His word however. It’s one thing that I choose to root all of my “out-side” the box thinking in. While God cannot be contained in a box I’m not so sure His creation was meant to either. And somehow…I have this feeling…that maybe…just maybe…the Bible will never keep you in one…..purple or blue….
