Seeking Seekers

Posted on October 21, 2007 by Marina Greenwood

For the past 15 years, I have been in a “watching and waiting” set of circumstances. On 2/16/92 my husband and I made the hard decision that the church we were part of had crossed the line into becoming a cult. That’s a story in itself for another time. We stayed in it longer than we should have mostly because at least that group had provided us with good opportunities for trying to bring others into faith in Jesus and a relationship with God. The reason we left it in the end was because that very goal of the group caused it to evolve into a very human and authoritarian, ultimately cultic organization where the pressure to convert others in great numbers undermined the ability of members to act from the heart. We were unable to use our God-given freedom in Christ to make choices based on our own conscience and understanding of God’s will from our knowledge of his Word.

That said, in spite of many ways that group went beyond Scripture wrongly, we are thankful for the experiences we had of being in circumstances where the norm was to have confidence that others could be converted to faith in Jesus if they were open to being exposed to God’s Word in a small, home-based, informal Bible study group. There’s no feeling quite like getting to watch God work in someone’s heart and mind and life, seeing them realize either for the first time or in a greater way than ever before that God’s will is not only understandable but that it is truly good news.

At times when I have had no group like that to invite people to, as has been true for many of these past 15 years, I feel frustration at having no natural way to broach the subject of Jesus’ teachings. Inviting people to come to worship services is not real workable, partly because I live 35 miles from where we attend services and partly because so many people are already settled into their own Sunday morning commitments.

I have had good experiences of witnessing God at work, drawing people who have been either seekers already or at least who have been open to learning more of his will. I long to have more good experiences, and I long to find others who are eager to seek seekers along with my husband and me.

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This is the beginning…

Posted on October 20, 2007 by Marina Greenwood

So, I’ve finally discovered a user-friendly way to put my writings on the internet! At 53, I’m still so computer-illiterate and amazed at what is possible. To think that one can potentially connect with any or every other person in the world is wonderful.

Therefore, I’m seeking like-minded or at least open-minded fellow seekers of truth, of God, of biblical knowledge, and of life in fellowship and community with others who yearn to understand God’s mind and will.

How can anyone make sense of life in this world? Even as a Christian, it’s clear to me that it takes a lifetime to learn to live by faith and not sight. God’s ways really ARE higher and better and wiser, but we are usually hard-hearted, dense-minded and sensory-oriented. We have to learn so much the hard way.

I look back and see so many lessons that could have been easier to learn if I had first–rather than last–asked, “What attitude or actions does God say are best?” If I had really understood that anything God instructs me to believe or to do is meant for my joy and peace, then I’d be more mature and more like Jesus by now. So I’m so thankful that God gives us so much time and so many opportunities to gradually learn and then do what he knows is the best way to live.

I’ve been sorting through life issues fairly proactively for my whole adult life. Writing the downloadable booklets posted on other pages here has helped me organize and make sense of the many pieces of life’s spiritual puzzle. I still have to read them again once in a while in order to remind myself of what we humans have such a hard time keeping in focus.

One of the best analogies to come from the computer age is the concept of resetting a default. That’s how I think of my life in this world: I am in the process of gradually resetting my default in each of life’s many compartments, changing them from human and worldly perspectives to the godly and spiritual paradigms that God so generously reveals to us in the Bible.

I hope this blog will give me a way to find and be found by others who are seeking God’s truth about these big questions about life. At least I hope it will give me a link to give out to those I cross paths with either in life or in cyberspace. 

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