Recently, I've been having reading some of David Platt's stuff on Bible reading which is well worth a look if you get the chance! One of the best quotes that he said (in my opinion) was that 'What you read in the Bible can never mean now what it never meant then'. Now this may just be me...but I realised that, so often, when I go to the Bible, I start from a place which basically says 'What does this mean for me and what am I going to do as a result?'. I'm not saying that this isn't great because obviously you're not supposed to just read the Bible and then get back to your life without letting it impact you. But what he said challenged me. What he was getting at was that the Bible was never primarily written just for us - it was written for generations of God's people and that we so often misinterpret and misunderstand Scripture because we don't recognise that fact. It all goes back to that word again - context! As I said, I've been giving this some head space recently...here's the link to Platt if you want it ---> http://www.radical.net/media/schurch/series_list/?id=53
In other news, as Facebook may have already hinted at, I'm involved in Text a Toastie on campus which is just such a great way to begin conversations about faith/God/zombie apocalypses/whatever else anyone wants to ask about (and I'm not just saying that because food is involved!). I love it - it challenges me to think about questions that I don't always consider and has naturally expanded my cooking repertoire :P Proud to say that no horsemeat is used in the making of our toasties!
Also, I'm doing Project 365 this year (taking a picture every day) so thought I'd do a photo of the post. Just before I left for uni, I finally caught up with the first Lord of the Rings (after much disbelief from certain people that I'd never seen it!) and naturally this needed photographic evidence!
Much love!
Rhi x
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