I was born into the LC in the Cleveland area. Now 22

[aron]

Originally Posted by Trapped

Finding your reality - something you never thought you'd have to deal with.

I suppose many of us are like myself, wishing that we had some immutable truth, some lodestone, some sure guide that we grasp firmly at some moment in time and never let go. Smooth sailing from then on. But our experience is to flitter in and out of various shades of gray, hoping that it is pure light. And looking back it wasn't, and today doesn't look much better. But still, we hope [vainly?] and we trudge on.

But the good news is Jesus told the ones who were so sure of their light that they were the most blind of all! So a little caution seems to be in order.

Let me give an example. Last night I was reading John and I realized the translation "Jews" was wrong, as in "the Jews sought to kill him", because Peter was a Jew ans Peter didn't try to kill him. Then I looked at the interlinear Greek and suddenly I realized what was wrong - the Greek says, "Ioudeans". Judeans! It was the Judeans who were trying to kill him! Jesus and the disciples were Galileans, and many of the opposes were Judeans! Duh!

Now, how many times did I have to read the gospel of John to get this simple point? How many hundreds of times, before the light started to shine?