...we have really noticed that Christianity is starting to dwindle--what a shame. Sometimes I forget how lucky Levi and I both were to be raised in families who made church a big event.
Levi was born into a wonderful family. They are very intelligent, very musical and very nurturing. They are what everybody would try to be for their children. The best part, though, is that they taught Levi about Jesus and his life. What a blessing! What never occurred to me was that many people go through their entire lives without having the peace of knowing Jesus. What a blessing not only to find it, but to find it at a young age. The world certainly is a lot easier to face knowing that everything will be oka in the end.
I was also born into a family who made church a priority. My step-father was the music director at the church we attended so that means that we were there every Sunday. My mom taught Sunday school for a while and often we would do special music for our little congregation. One of the things I value most about my family is that even though they had found what they believed, they did not once push it on me. They let me wonder, and wander to find what I thought was the truth. As it is now, my faith is firmer because I found answers to my biggest questions. Not to say that there is always an easy answer to questions of the mind, not all questions can be answered, especially by human words or thoughts.
It is arrogant to assume that if things do not always make sense to us, then they are incorrect. The God of the universe created knowledge--who are we to assume that we have all of the answers. Maybe we don't know the answers because we wouldn't understand them. Maybe our brains have no capacity to express the answers to us. It is arrogant of us to assume that God owes us all of the answers that we feel like we can't find. As it is, there are things I don't know, but man will never truly know them. All of the money, time and research in the world will never tell you what only God can.
I am so blessed to have Levi in my life. Not only is he a wonderful husband, he is good to others. He is the perfect example of how a Christian should act. One thing that I love is knowing how much attention God gave the Ludwick family. He has worked through them more than anyone I know. I love knowing that God has paired me into that family because it shows me how much He must have planned for me. It tells me how much He loves me. It tells me how much He has in store for my life. How exciting!!
Heal my heart and make it clean.
Open up my eyes to the things unseen.
Show me how to love like you have loved me.
Break my heart for what breaks yours.
Everything I am for Your kingdom's cause-
As I walk from earth into eternity.
