EBC

I think that they should re-name EBC the College of Enduring Biblical Construction.

Every single second I feel like I am un-learning everything I once knew. Even the things that I thought were foundational about my faith are being torn down and built up correctly. The hard part is that the tearing down comes fast, and the building up is slow.

And all of this construction is exhausting. But so good. It is like that feeling when you have been working hard at something all day and finally you step back and realize what you have built.

So I keep searching for stones with which to build my foundation. Some are cracked, some don't fit with what is already there, and some just simply aren't biblical. But when I find one of those stones that fits perfectly, oh man!! I cannot describe to you the joy that fills my heart.

Right now I am looking for a culture stone. It is so easy for me to remove myself from my culture, but is that the best thing? What if I stare at culture head on and confront it? Wouldn't that be better? But what if I start conforming to the culture? Wouldn't it have been better for me to have stayed away from it all together? I am throwing away some of these old stones, but some of these new ones aren't right.

I know that the culture stone that I am looking for is grace-colored, but I don't know much more than that. I know that in order for me to find the right stone, I am probably going to have to try out some stones that might not fit correctly. And that is where grace comes in. As long as I remember that I am searching for that stone because it is going to build my foundation and don't get distracted by the stone itself, God will allow me to try out a wrong stone. And that is okay (hard and humbling, but okay). But as I am measuring up the stones to my building plan (Scripture), I will be able to discern what stone God wants me to build with.

But grace goes further. Yah, I can look and look and build and build, but really, it is God who is doing the building. He is the one who is placing those stones along my path in his right timing. He is the Architect. I am just a construction worker.... but what an honor it is.