Reflecting on yesterday's class, I see that we as humans think we're always alone in situations, but we aren't. Yesterday's class was nice, just sitting and watching the video however some things he said made me upset. It wasn't necessarily him that made me upset but words that I heard, that I remembered people and events such as cancer.
Cancer is a very touchy subject for me because I've had family/friends who had it/beat it, family/friends who currently have it, family who have died from it such as my Pap and my Mom. Anytime I hear the words family, mom, pap, cancer, hospital, etc I automatically get upset because I think back to them. I'm happy for them because they don't need to suffer on this earth anymore. They were always faithful and truthful to God as far as I know. I definately look up to them. I know they are in a better place but then I wonder about people who suffer and die without knowing Christ.
Once in the video we watched, there was a quote "I once was lost but now i'm found...was blind but now I see." That instantly made me think of the song "Amazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone)." I like hearing about the story of The Prodigal Son Parable . This story gives us many kinds of backgrounds such as religious, cultural, etc. We sometimes just have things unresolved. I've heard before this class that maybe things aren't resolved because that's just how God has it or maybe sometimes, maybe we just aren't ready for the answer. That brings us to the question of, "Why do bad things happen to good people?" You see we need to set aside the why and ask other questions lets just say, it happened, it's there, it's unresolved, so lets fix it.
It is, so what now?? The What (context) and The Where (content)
We always plan for tomorrow, we plan how things are supposed to be but then there's disruption. What we planned ends up being mixed up. We always tend to say we never imagined what would happen. I first heard that none get to God but through trouble. We learned about the different arts. We learned about the art of disruption, illumination, possession, etc.
There is a something about suffering that creates or brings people together that other things don't. Suffering brings us together and brings out the truth. The cross is God's way of saying that he knows how we feel with every aspect of life. When we were in this part of the video, I went on to thinking about our GMC skit..."Fully Human, Fully God" which shows us that Jesus suffered and lived just like we do. He's gone through it all and because of him, we can live.
The questions he asked with the cards...I would have stood up for half of them. When we suffer, our first instinct is to fix it now, but we can't always do that. Explanations and answers aren't exactly what hellps us to heal. Some people begin to heal just with presence and solidarity and togetherness, knowing we aren't alone. The cross speaks to us as a sort of deep primal level. God is pretty much saying to us, "I know how you feel, you are not alone."
Also something I learned from this class was that OWNERSHIP and POSSESSION are two different things. We can own and not possess and we can possess and not own. We can go through a difficult time or turn of events but there is a peace that surpasses all understanding. Even when we have "everything" doesn't mean we do. We need God. Someone could be so poor as to not having anything yet be happy because they have the Lord in their life.
"What every artist must learn is that even the failed pieces are essential." Nothing is wasted in the divine wth God. God wastes nothing. God brings out in the old creation a new creation. Sometimes there is a blemish because they that is where the Spirit is believed to answer. "When we suffer, this, too, will shape me." We can become bitter or better. The people we look up too have also suffered but they work through it and stay positive. "Your own existence" is a work of art!"
No matter what happens, everything has meaning and everything is significant in the eyes of God. Even when things aren't going how we want them to, we much look at the positive. God is honest and truth, we need to be like him, we all have fallen short but lets work our best to live for God. "Lets see drops like stars!!!
Caitlyn A. Inman
Gettysburg Masters Commission student'10-11
Elevate Leadership Ministry School
Freedom Valley Worship Center
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