{"id":2144,"date":"2008-01-16T11:53:00","date_gmt":"2008-01-16T11:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elizaphanian.com\/?p=2144"},"modified":"2019-11-22T16:55:31","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T16:55:31","slug":"a-sickness-unto-salvation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elizaphanian.com\/?p=2144","title":{"rendered":"A sickness unto salvation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well the lurgi that has been stalking me since before Christmas, and finally conquered me last week, now seems to be genuinely abating. I say that because it’s now 48 hours since I had to have a Sinusitis Lemsip Max<\/a>, and whilst the symptoms haven’t completely cleared up I do now seem to be definitely heading for full functionality. I’m certainly back to writing on the blog, even if meetings and conversations are too much!<\/p>\n

However, one of the things I’ve really been musing on is the gathering together of several threads in my life over the last few months, being: the conversation with atheism, my understanding of the faith (especially the incarnation and my understanding of Scripture), and where I’m supposed to go with it. Truth be told, I was quite rattled when Neil suggested I resign my orders, even more so when my old tutor said I was a heretic, and I felt an old temptation starting to rise again – that I should go back to academia, that I should spend more time in introspection in order to sort out what I believe and why, and that I’m not fit for working in a parish etc etc. In other words that I should hide<\/span>. It took a few days of lying on my back to realise that this is fitting into a larger pattern. In particular, where I am convinced God is leading me is not backwards into the safety of the academic world but forwards into a much more dynamic engagement with the world (as described here<\/a>). A much less safe situation, but Luke 17.33 applies.<\/p>\n

In other words the sickness has allowed me to draw breath and become centred again, refreshing my relationship with God. A sickness unto salvation – thanks be to God.<\/p>\n

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