the first blog entry of Krissi

Hey!

Archer asked me to write some blog entries during the time he’s on his outreach and Punjabican is on her winter break from school.
It’s some kind of weird for me to blog here because this blog has always been Archer’s for me.
He has always been the one who blogged most of the time and I don’t really know what to write about, especially because I need to write in English and it’s hard for me to find the right English words to say what I mean.

So I just want to introduce myself to the ones who read this blog:
I’m Krissi, I’m from Germany and I’m 19 years old. I’m in my last year of school.
I’m a Christian who has many questions about God, the bible, the right belief and how I can live my life the way God wants me to live it.

I believe in God.
I believe in Jesus.
I believe in the Holy Spirit.
I believe in the opportunity of everyone to change something in this cruel world even if it’s only a small change.
I believe that one day I’ll know what my function in this world is.
I just believe in so many other things I can’t list here because it would take me hours to write them all down.
I believe and that’s good.

Believing is one of the things which weren’t always easy for me and it still isn’t but I believe.
I know so many people who studied Theology and who deal with the bible in a critical way. I got to know this way of dealing with the bible and I still practice it.
But is a critical way of reading the Bible the right way?
One of my friends asked me how I can believe in God when I ask for logical answers to every question.
I can’t tell. It’s my social environment which influences me a lot and which brings me to ask all these questions.
But he told me that it should not be people around me who influence me. It should be God.

And yes, he’s right. God made me to what I am and I’m very thankful for his love and his patience which he always has for me.
But the people around me and their believes influence me as well.

So now you know the thing I’m most struggling with; my belief even if I believe.

(Mark 9,24: Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.)

And I believe that there are many grammar and spelling mistakes in this blog entry. I’m sorry for them but I tried to do my best.

God bless you,
lots of greetings from Germany
-Krissi