Lighten Up...

I did this originally when I was on Christian Mingle. This is not an exact copy of anything, this is from memory, and there is a lot that I posted originally, that is not here. I got to thinking of it again, and how much fun it was to post before. So, enjoy! :)

* Now, none of these are PERFECT examples, because I'm not perfect. If one thinks about these too hard, it defeats the purpose. :)

Biblical Delima's... Yeah?

1. Predestination or free will?

We were predestined to have free will. Whether you believe it or not is your choice.

2. The Trinity?

Draw a heart on a piece of paper.

Write "God the Father" on one side, "God the Son" on the other, and write "Holy Spirit" in the middle.
Completed circle, bridged gap. See it?

You could also think of a mom pregnant with twins: 1 person? Yes. 3 people? Yes. Three in one, each with their own distinct identity? Yes.

3. Holloween?

Carve a Pumkin. Scoop out the junk inside. Put a candle inside.
Picture: When a person is "saved" Jesus spirit comes into their heart and cleans out the "junk" inside, and shines his "light"
No "All Hallows Eve" fear, just an awareness that Jesus's light saves us from the darkness.

4. Creation?

God was in his own world, and he wanted company. We've all been there, right?
So he created a "network" of people to relate to.
Imagine Adam naming each pair of animals, and then noticing that there was not anyone for him to rlate to.
(Not that Adam was an animal) :)
Eve was brought to him, and the very first "social Network" was begun, a "network," which we are all part of.
Sound like too much of a stretch? Well, maybe that's because it's been stretching on for about six thousand years. :)

5. Sin?

Picture: Think of a negative Facebook post that is reposted...again and again. We all "stem" from that original "social network" of the first couple, Adam and Eve, so we have all been "related" with the choice that they made to disobey him. We don't get to choose our parents, correct? Sometimes, through no fault of our own, we end up taking on our parents choices, right? So the consequences were also passed to each of us, sorta like a biological "cupy" machine. This is the way we all begin at conception, before we've ever made any of our own choices. Because that sin (wrong doing) was "copied" to each one of us, it exists in each person.

6. The talking snake??

It's like a medium being taken over by another voice on one of those paranormal shows...coming from WHERE?? Whether one thinks it's real or fake, there's another "presence" there.

7. Immaculate conception.

Mary was like the world's first surrogate mother.
She was impregnated (not the usual way, of course). The baby she carried was "implanted" inside her by the ultimate Healer (so no doctor needed).