Thinking . . .
. . . is usually a good thing, but often a difficult thing, and I find myself often more confused and less resolved afterwards. Anyone else ever feel this way?
I just read something online that made me think. It made me wonder, if you have thoughts/reactions - especially of those of the not quite agreeing kind, or thinking something’s being left out consistently with a friend or a group with which you’re affiliated, to what degree are you “obligated” to share that? Does the closeness of the relationship (or the “formality” if it’s a group to which one’s referring) change the answer to that, or affect it in any way? Is it not “normal” to disagree about some things and if so, which ones? Throw into this the idea that we can’t (shouldn’t and don’t) expect perfection in any relationship, context etc. Is it divisive to share and in what context is it “ok” and not “ok”? What if 9/10 times someone says one side of the story, and only 1/10 of the times says the other, and you wonder if that “imbalance” could be leaving others with an “imbalanced” perception of a doctrine or aspect of God, or a view of the world (etc) that is, at least from your own perspective, not quite the way God views it and thus could lead others to misunderstand God (see, that starts to sound a little more “threatening”, no?) Can you see the confusion this creates?
All this to say that thinking is good but sometimes undesirable. I think I like my boat to stay pretty steady - the rocking (and the waves that cause it) are definitely not something I seek - but is an unrocked boat the goal of my life? Or an absensce of difficulty? Etc. Hmmm. Yet another thing to think about.
