My Free Thoughts

Online today I stumbled across a page where atheists were organising a protest against Ray Comfort's distribution of free 'Evolution vs God' DVD (where Comfort claims he has shown that top American college professor and students cannot provide any evidence of evolution and it is all belief rather than fact, it's very good I would advise giving it a watch).

One thing I noticed regarding the contributors is that many of them described themselves as 'freethinkers'. This is a term I have increasingly noticed atheists claiming for themselves.

Actually a common phrase I hear in debates is 'We are not constrained by any god, we think for ourselves'. This irks me greatly because, as well as being tremendously arrogant, it is plainly untrue.

When I decided to become a Christian, it was because I wanted to. I wasn't forced or coerced and certainly not manipulated. It was my choice, my decision, I freely thought and realised that God made this earth, Christ died for me and that I wanted to follow Him.

Following Christ goes against the norm, it is a hard decision for anyone to make because friends distance themselves from you, you become an easy target for mocking and your opinions are rarely listened to let alone understood.

The easy thing to do, without any thought, is to deny Christ or put Him off.

I am often told that following the 'rules' of Christianity is foregoing my own thoughts and opinions. Have they ever considered that I have chosen to take this route, that I believe that this is the best way to live, that I have freely chosen God and His Way? When I wasn't a Christian I simply did what everyone else did, is that any more 'free thinking'?

Many of these atheists will not even countenance the thought that God would exist. Surely a true freethinker would allow the possibility that God made this earth and consider the arguments, it's not as if billions of people over the world don't consider it to be true. It is something that needs to be taken seriously. Simply writing it off out of prejudice or a lack of a desire to be true isn't freethinking.

Without God, I don't think you can even be sure that your thoughts mean anything or make sense. Why would they?

I want to say that if you are reading this and a Christian, be encouraged that you are not what these foolish (Psalm 53:1) people think you are. If you are reading this and are refusing to consider Christ or putting him off, I beg you to consider Him and to make a decision based on free thought based on the facts, the overwhelming evidence that everything that exists doesn't make sense without a Creator, the beauty of His Creation and the fact that Jesus of Nazareth came, lived, died and rose again to pay the price for our sins.

Blessings,

Michael

Blessings Realised

It goes without saying that the last week or so has been a pretty whirlwind one for me.

Having dated from afar the last two and a bit years, having the girl I love beside me permanently and pursuing such an exciting mission for God with her (and other such great people as I get to know them more and more) is obviously a huge blessing to me.

For those who are interested, Caitlin is settling in really well and really enjoying the work she is doing, loving her house, getting on great with her housemates and generally loving it so far.

My reason for writing though...

Right now life reminds me that cliches such as 'living on cloud nine' do have metaphorical, if not scientific, truth to them.

This morning at Church I dwelt on this and I realised that the feeling of completion and happiness I have at having Caitlin here with me has been felt before. Actually, it has been felt very often. It's the way I feel every time I step into God's Presence.

Throughout all the highs and lows of my Christian walk, God has been there for me and lifted me up where I needed it, supported me, been strong for me when I was weak and best of all fulfilled me and completed me in Him.

I was, we were, made to know God and be in relationship with Him. Today I was reminded of that and I know that whatever ups and downs are ahead, I can face the future with confidence and certainty that my God, our God, will be with me all the way, giving me life to the full.

My fullness is in Him and nothing else. Praise God :-)

'I am the Way, the Truth and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through me'

Jesus Christ - John 14:6, the Bible