Tuesday

Just back from dinner and fellowship with my fellow seminarians ~ Matthew + Ai Hua, Stanford + Jacqueline, Kevin + Pamelyn... and last but not least Ben + me. Was really glad to have the hubby not only meet my friends again; but he seemed to really fit in too.

Sitting in theology lectures this morning gave me a splitting headache. We were exploring those massive topics of sin, evil and death ~ and my brain seemed to be doing somersaults trying to grasp the depth, height and width of these topics... as well as how our salvation in Christ acts as the ONLY solution to these, as portrayed through the Bible. A question that truly challenged me from today's lecture (and a reflection on 1 Corinthians 2:2 and Galatians 6:14) was this: "How do we live out the death of Christ in our daily lives?" or "How is Christ's death operating in us?"

I was led to ponder on the natural pacemaker located in the heart that initiates every contraction of the heart by creating rhythmical, chemical impulses which channel into a conduction system. In short, a heart will not contract properly or even cease to beat if its natural pacemaker malfunctions - the complications of which include cardiopulmonary arrest, permanent neurological impairment and clinical death. How then should Christ's death be a "pacemaker" - the cause, motive, basis and initiative - for everything we do, say, plan and think on a daily basis as Christians? Is His death and the cross the "pacemaker" of our lives in the first place? If not, what is?

Let us be diligent to examine ourselves regularly.