What I See...

When I read the Bible...

I see stories. I see beautiful victories and tragic losses. I see oxymoronic characters: Scared warriors. Passive leaders. Humble victors and arrogant losers. I see passionate lovers. I see good-for-nothings being chosen by God to lead in impossible ways...and then succeeding. I see people—REAL people—struggling with the same things I do. I see joy in the darkest of places. I see darkness in those who outwardly seem to be the ones who are most holy. I see slaves being set free in the most unlikely of ways. I see sacrificial friendships that I could only ever hope to experience. I see an unstoppable power leading the charge in a mission that seems inverted: - Death giving life. - Surrender leading to victory. - The lowly being exalted. - The proud being humiliated. - The prince sacrificing himself for the pauper. - The marginalized being the focus. - The end being just the beginning. I see hope. I see direction. I see a rock to stand on in the middle of our perpetually fluid world. I see historic facts. I see natural sciences being explained perfectly, centuries before science discovered them. I see inerrancy. I see over 40 authors—ranging from shepherds to kings to scholars to fishermen to military generals to priests and many occupations in between—who lived in various countries across 3 different continents over the course of 1500+ years, all writing one linear story without contradicting one another. I see what can only be rationally described as truth.

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But now I ask you a question that will define and determine the course of your life forever:

What do you see?