The Conclusion of the Matter

I struggled with what to say on my blog today. I wanted to say something inspirational so was trying to pull from my experiences this weekend, but some unsettling things happened in church that I can't seem to get off my mind.

It's not the first, nor will it be the last time that I question God re: his church, doctrines etc.  I thank him for creating the Bible as our manual because if we were left up to our own opinions we'd be in real trouble.  BUT even though we all read from the same book we don't agree on everything. What is truth? Is it relative? I'm not ashamed to say that at times I feel confused but I love those times because they catapult me into deeper Bible Study.

"You know.. life is really something else", as my mother would say. I've always been a seeker of knowledge. I've always believed there is an answer for every question and a solution for every problem. All of my deepest conversations with God have been centered around the question WHY? WHEN? HOW? Sometimes I get so frustrated I'm tempted to buck it all and let indifference set in. But then I think of Solomon. The wisest man in the world. He asked God for a discerning heart to govern his people and to distinguish right from wrong and God gave it to him. I live by Solomon's Proverbs. But today I am reminded of his last thought in Ecclesiastes:

Now that all has been heard; here is the conclusion of the matter:

Fear (revere and worship) God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man. For God will bring every deed into judgement, including every hidden thing, whether it is good or evil.

(Eccelesiastes 12:13-14)

NUFF SAID.