Katie’s Blog!

Here is the link to the article I wrote!  :)   And, my name is on it this time!!  :)  

I apologize that it has been so long since I posted.  I had a philosophy paper due on Tuesday as well as an exam in Systematic theology on Tuesday.  Considering me and any philosophy paper are quite the enemies, I only got about an hour and a half of sleep Monday night.  So, since then, I have been pretty out of it.  My body is still out of whack.  Hopefully a long night of sleep tonight will cure that    

Tuesday night we had a Roundtable meeting.  [For those of you who don't know, I am the Assistant Chair of the School of Religion Women's Roundtable.]  It was a fantastic meeting.  We watched the new Nooma video, She.  It was AMAZING.  It was so encouraging to listen to Rob Bell speak such liberating truth, knowing that it will be heard by thousands.  Yay for Rob Bell!!  :)    During our discussion of the video, some of our sponsors shared their thoughts and experiences in relation to the video, and it was beautiful.   I love the Roundtable!!!!!! 

My favorite word today is liberating.  I have waaay overused it, but I don’t care.  hehe.  In my 9:00 class this morning is where it started for the day.  We had an awesome discussion, and I couldn’t wait to share it with you all!   Here is my feeble attempt to relay it and my thoughts on it:

“We think that the intention for incarnation was salvation, but what if the intention for creation was incarnation?”  

That would mean that rather than Christ’s coming to earth being merely a rescue mission, creation’s very purpose was so that God could be one with us.   The incarnation was going to happen, even if there wasn’t sin in the world.  God’s beckoning is not a, “come, let’s get things right,”  but a, “come, I want to be with you.”  

Is that not a beautiful concept?  I LOVE it.  Think of it this way (although this analogy is lacking in many ways, it is just that – an analogy):

You are stranded by yourself on a desert island, and someone comes and rescues you, taking you back to civilization.  You are truly grateful to them, but your relationship is one of a “rescuer” and “surviver.”  BUT, if instead of coming to take you back, that person comes (with supplies, of course) and sits with you on the beach, and lives with you on the island.  That person is not merely your “rescuer,”  but they are your companion, and you will know them on an intimate level.  

God is not merely our “rescuer,” but our intimate.  Isn’t it greater to think that God created us to BE with us, rather than just to save us?  Isn’t it liberating to think that God does not see you primarily as “a sinner” in need of a savior, but as a being created to be with God?