Back at One

I was at work today, and I was working in the dish room. I think it's one of the better jobs because you get to actually work with other people and you can play music while you work. Well, on of the songs that came on was "Back at One" by Brian McKnight which reminded me of something that I've been thinking of and wanting to write about, but one reason I didn't write about was the lack of a good title. I know it's a lame excuse, but still.

I've been thinking a lot about the foundation or fundamentals of Christianity. I guess I wasn't really thinking about them, but more about how we view them. I think so many times, especially in my own life, we want closure. We want to feel progress. We want to say that we've moved beyond the basics.This couldn't be further from the truth. As far as our faith is concerned we will never be able to move past the basics and say "I've got that down." If we do say that then we're lying to ourselves and probably missing something pretty important.

I've been thinking about this because I've gotten so far from thinking about the basics and it's not going too well. One thing in particular stuck out to me and convicted be to go back to the beginning.

Recently one of my good friends has been going through some rough times with another friend of his, and I was glad. Not because I could see how things would end up better or whatever, but because, for a myriad of different reasons, I wasn't comfortable with their relationship and what was going on. Some of you know what I'm talking about, but don't know that I'm talking about. I wish I could explain more, but this isn't the time or place to do so. I need to talk to them first, but jealousy is destructive.

You would think that if we were able to move beyond the fundamentals that jealousy would be one of the first things to go. I mean I've got Jesus what could anyone else possibly have that could compare to that, and yet here I am. I guess I'll start back at one.

Because of his grace and for his glory.