Today was quite an amiable day for me. I had a one-day break from my Church Reformation History assignments. Quite a needed break too, since all the different theologies/doctrines/movements/etc are all jumbled up in my brain - but despite the complex-ness of these, I guess I like this subject pretty much. It helps me understand my Christian foundations and why the Church is in the condition it is in today... as well as reminds me that ALL his-story is not just "man's story" (like I learned in Sejarah Tingkatan 1 back in high-school) - but ultimately His-story - as in God's story. How consistent the hand of God was in ushering the Word made flesh into our world even from the very beginning of Adam's fall! And yet - despite the trials, chaos, confusion and dark phases His Church subsequently underwent - how faithful God's shield has been over the living hope of His Church even as we await Christ's second coming and groan with the rest of Creation "as in the pains of childbirth" (Rom 8:22-23). Reading about the movements that took place in the Reformation era with the objectives of getting the Church back on the right track, purging the Church of corruption and wrong religious attitudes, as well as systematizing Christian theology truly moved and mesmerized me. Even though those movements were never perfect and had their humanistic flaws, each one left its own rich legacy in our Christian discipleship today and served as a precursor of many future movements within the Church to come. For those who are keen on an intense, detailed read on the history of Church Reformation and Christian Theology, I highly recommend Roger Olsen's "The Story of Christian Theology"... :P The other book I was reading is a little too long-winded, and therefore I shan't recommend it here.
Anyway, I went out for lunch, did QT, studied grammar over coffee and a scone... went for my language class in the evening... and then I returned home to a pack of Cheezels - which I savored while watching "The Colony Season 2" on telly. It was so not doing my sore-throat any good - the Cheezels (ah, I also forgot that I should have drunk coffee :-P Hee hee) - but I am drowning my insides with what seems like gallons of water now (serves me right)! I hope I'll be fine tomorrow. I never learn, do I?
Tomorrow, I will get back to my studies. I promise.
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