Love Of God Reflection Paper

I am very good at working under pressure and meeting deadlines. This is because my very favorite thing to do is to procrastinate which obviously is not the best thing. Despite this, the ability to thrive under pressure is a very sought-after skill. This gives me the ability to stay calm and handle things one step at a time in situations in which many others would be very overwhelmed. One example of this would be this past week. I had a TRP (four paged theological reflection paper) due in Old Testament, my first Old Testament exam and my first Chemistry exam. The day before my TRP was due my computer crashed on me and I lost my completed paper. Instead of panicking about the paper I had just lost, that had taken me two days to complete, and

The bible teaches us many things about God. From Genesis and Exodus we can learnwhat the Judeo-Christian view of God was. Genesis shows us that God made the sun, the moon,the earth and every living thing. During the days of creation God made all things good. On theseventh day of creation God rested and declared all he made to be very good (Genesis 1:31). God created human beings in his own image. We as humans can be certain of our owndignity and self worth because we have been created in the image of God. The book of Genesisshows us that people disobey God by choosing to do wrong. Even great bible heros failed Godand disobeyed him. The bible teaches us that God is forgiving. God has many attributes. God makes no mistakes and this is wisdom. God is infinite, heknows

When I first decided to expand my education, it had been so long since I had been to school, and I was very hesitant. I talked at length about my decision with my husband and with his encouragement, decided to enroll but still was not quite sure which degree program to enroll in. I knew that this was something that I had always wanted to do since I obtained my Associates Degree in Nursing, but I did not have the courage, nor did I want to give up the time with my family and children. I second guessed my abilities and my knowledge because it had been so long since I had been in college. Now that my children are about to graduate high school and

How does one define the word “love”, and what exactly is it? Is it merely a fleeting feeling, or is it something more spiritual in nature? Perhaps it has several different meanings, depending on one’s own personal perception and experiences. My own perception is that “love” in itself is an essence that almost all life on Earth harbors, and it is also something that all life has the capability of expressing. Although, the above statement may be too much of an optimistic statement, for the reason that there are individuals in this world who seem completely devoid of love, empathy, and compassion. Completely devoid of what makes a human – human. Despite this very fact, and despite the many harsh cruelties of humanity and society; goodness, love, and light will always prevail and cast out any darkness, violence, and hate. This leads me to believe that love is a pivotal element for the good in humanity, and that “love” in itself is more than meets the eye.

As time passed, and the human race grew and developed on the earth, G-d realized that they are extremely flawed, and “that every imagination of the thoughts of [their] heart was only evil continually” (Gen. 6.5). G-d “repented” (Gen. 6.6) for creating flawed individuals; “it grieved him at his heart” (Gen. 6.6). At this point, The Bible presents G-d as more human. G-d’s regret for creating the human race serves as a way to make him more relatable, showing that even G-d can regret his own actions. Therefore, humans can feel more connected to G-d, therefore being more likely to follow his will. Conversely, because humans became so fallacious, G-d no longer desired to preserve them. This interpretation completely opposes the idea that G-d is being

Love is often a word mistreated by most people. Now days, the word love is thrown around so much, it has lost its meaning. People forget why we are living, breathing humans today. People forget about the sacrifices made for the sins we acted out. People forget about the love that God has for us. It is easy to misinterpret the meaning of God’s love. Human love and God’s love are two different things. The love from the Lord is invincible and no human can come close to that type of love. God created mankind because He loved humanity.

God is love. If that's true, then we all have love, because God is within all of us. With growing closer to God, we are more able to spread His love to others. From spreading His love, we can give others a glimpse into what God is and live out this theme. Recently I fell into a spiral of despair and confusion. Everything seemed worthless and pointless, and I felt stupid and confused. But God cares about each and every one of us. Everything today led up to one smile. And then another, and then laughter. At the end of the day my thoughts felt gentle, or soft. Another way to describe it-

Love: (noun) an intense feeling of deep affection or (verb) to feel a deep romantic or sexual attachment to someone or, how we defined it in class, an action which sacrifices itself for others. Love can be defined in many different ways. And there are also many different views of love itself. We, humans, attach to and crave the feelings of love and being loved. But as sinful people our view of love and marriage is not always biblically accurate. Whether it’s sex before marraige, marriage of a man and another man, or just getting a divorce because of the loss of feelings, people nowadays have the wrong idea of what a marriage and a loving relationship should be like.

Through attending The Free Chapel, I have been able to deepen my understanding of it works into the fabric of social structure. Firstly, the church is located in Orange County, specifically Irvine which has a vibrant religious scene. With a wide variety of churches to choose from in the area, Free Chapel has to think of new and innovative ways to entice people to attend their church. This is exemplified in the grandness of the church, and the modernness of the inside. When we asked the pastor to tell us about the church, he said that they wanted the physical appearance of Free Chapel to be excellent to be great, because God is great. He also said that The Bible says that God judges by the inside, but people still judge but the outside. Embedded in this statement is the idea of

Growing up, I affiliated with three Christian denominations; Catholic school in early elementary, Baptist church with my parents and maternal grandparents, and Holiness/Pentecostal church with my paternal grandmother. In each of these affiliations, the teachings were that God was a judging, condemning, and angry God. Sawyer states, “Many see God in the role of angry judge…This view sees God as waiting for the smallest infraction of any commandment or law and using it as an excuse to case us into eternal damnation…” This was the negative view I had of God based on early teachings from the church. In contrast, as I received correct Biblical teaching, I found that God is not a judgmental God, but a God of love and forgiveness.

In the beginning, God created the Earth and everything on it. He also created man and woman, Adam and Eve, who disobeyed him or one would say sinned against Him (The Catholic Study Bible, Genesis 3:6). Although Adam and Eve disobeyed God, His love and mercy for them was so much that he forgave them. Abraham also sinned, yet God forgave him. Isaac, son of Abraham, followed God’s commandments and was faithful to Him. Isaac prayed to God to ask to allow his wife, Rebekah, to conceive (The Catholic Study Bible, Genesis 25:21). God answered Isaac’s prayer because He knows what’s best and because of His love for Isaac. Jacob, son of Isaac, deceived his brother and father to receive the blessing (The Catholic Study Bible, Genesis 27: 5-29). This happened just as God said it would. It was the fulfillment of His word. The Israelites were God’s chosen people, because He promised Abraham that his descendants would become a great nation (The Catholic Study Bible, Genesis 12:3). God fulfills His promise and protects the Israelites because of His love and mercy He has towards humanity. Throughout my life there have been many obstacles I’ve had to face, but the Bible verses of John 3:16, Romans 8:18, and Philippians 4:13 helped me get through those difficult times.

For my second response paper I would like to revisit the claim that I made in my first response, god is maturing and evolving as he to deals with certain situations. As god dealt with the Cain in the story of Cain and Able in Genesis chapter 4, a since of an inexperienced God is portrayed. He plays favorites and in doing so Able is slayed by his brother and thus Cain is condemned but this is a direct reaction to God playing favorites. With this story I believe God starts to mature and learn from his “mistakes”. Second looking back at Exodus chapter 33, God is made to seem to be regretting the fact that the Israelites are his chosen people. They way he uses his words displays an inexperience in interaction with his creation, calling them stiff necked and then claiming that he would not travel with them least he destroy them. There are many different ways to handle this situation and I believe that in this case God made a mistake by using the wrong words when talking with his chosen people.

Far too often, we misuse or hear other people misuse the word love. We use the word love so freely, that we commonly use it when saying things such as “I love going to the movies” or “I love this apple pie”. When we use the word love in this context, we are using it without understanding the true meaning, the way God intended us to. So, what is love, and what is the significance of love to God?

In my past years of education I have been involved in many classes, but I had never taken a summer class until this semester in college. In elementary school, middle, and high school, I did not take summer school either. This semester in college, it was necessary for me to catch up on my studies and attend this English class as a requirement for other classes that I also intend to take, therefore I decided to enroll in a summer class to help me catch up with the mandatory classes for my nursing degree. I have been lucky to have chosen a great class with a very helpful teacher who has taught me so much. In this course we wrote four major essays, a narrative, an argument, a report essay and an analysis. I learned many things from the essays

Christian Tradition course exposed me to the Christian Tradition based on Biblical and church history. The course taught me the differences and similarities of Christian Tradition from other major world religions. I learned about the significance of God, Jesus, the Holy Spirit and the Trinity based on the teachings of the Bible. The course also briefly covered 2,000 years of church history but with emphasis on the impact of the Council of Nicea, Council of Chalcedon, and John and Charles Wesley on Christianity. The professor emphasized the importance of the reformation that sparked a revolution in the church.