The Theologian's Table

To My Savior Jesus the Christ, "Paul, the brother and fellow servant you have given me, has done well in reminding your flock about giving thanks to you in all things. As you know, in my quiet hours, I reflect on what you have done, and I cannot fully express how thankful I am to you, but I must tell you one more time." "Thank you, Lord, for calling me, a simple fisherman, to follow you. Thank you, Lord, for giving me my name. Thank you, Lord, for showing me the wonder of your work. Thank you for explaining the life in your words when I was slow to understand and prone to second-guessing. When storms appeared on the horizon without warning, and I feared, thank you for showing me that you are in control! When you called me out upon the water, and I faltered, when I thought I would drown, thank you for reaching out to me amid my doubt, oh Lord, and teaching me what faith is." "Thank you for rebuking me when I tried to box you in. Thank you for showing m...

I'm not sure what it is with my generation, the millennials, and anxiety. It seems every time I get onto social media I see some post about it. In fact, since there is so much about it out there now, the temptation is to wonder if people aren't confusing it for something else, or are just trying to seek attention. The latter part could be true, but we as a people have already become so dismissive of each other that I do not want to add to that problem. And then, of course, there is the fact that I myself publicly admitted last week that I've experienced several anxiety attacks within the last month or so. My attacks have interfered with everything, work, faith, family, and self-worth. They didn't just come out of nowhere. Since these recent episodes happened I have had to look back through my life and see if I had anything similar happen. I remember around the age of 19 that, at times, before I would work, I would lay in bed until the last possible second trying to ...

During our lives there are numerous times we call out to God with a prayer. Some do it out of a jest, most others do it out of earnestness especially when they are going through a difficulty they cannot overcome with out him. They pray for guidance and they pray for answers. Most followers of Christ know that God doesn't answer in the time we would like him to, but that His answers always have perfect timing whether we'd like to admit it, or not. Then we see the benefits of waiting, "But they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint." Isaiah 40:31 Occasionally there are impatient people that don't like to wait for God's answer and they make a decision out of frustration, which can cause unfortunate consequences. It is my belief that most Christians are guilty of this, heck I've done it myself more times than I care to count. We are h...