Hebrews 6

Hello, lovely Life Group. Hope the first week of break has been wonderful. I will share more about mine in a bit, but now: Hebrews 6.

What a difficult passage.

The first part (vv. 1-12) left one thought ringing in my mind:
How scary.

(vv. 4-8)
-Can a person, having experienced something so much like salvation, "fall away" to the point where "it is impossible to restore again to repentance"?
-Did that person truly believe to begin with, or were all their "spiritual experiences" just that, only experiences with no life-changing salvation?
-Are believers who "fall away" then doomed to two fates: fruitless faith -- oxymoron (v.8), or impossibility of restoration (v. 4)?
-Should this be taken literally, or is the writer only trying to make a point in highlighting the severity of having long-term immature faith (5:11-14, 6:1)?

These were some of my questions before reading several very helpful commentaries. I wrote them so that they might be a springboard for you guys to seek answers yourselves. I'm afraid if I answer the questions myself on this blog, I will either preach or misinterpret God's Word.


* (vv. 13-20)
An immensely blessing passage. Personally, I really needed these words; I drank them in and let the weight of their truth settle somewhere deep inside. I think I might never tire of reading it. Don't just take my word for it, please meditate on it too.


I hope this helped in some way for your guys' personal devotions with God.

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My week was very good. And my week was absolutely miserable.

I guess with the bad news first. I've been sick since Tuesday. Yesterday was my worst sick day yet. I couldn't stop shaking, sniffling, and coughing. I "emptied my stomach of anything substantial" ...5 different times. My first meal since Thursday night was lunch today. I'm feeling better now though, so no worries.

My week was very good (up until being sick) because I got to catch up on reading and relax a little. On Thursday, my 3 closest friends surprised me by visiting me at home. Last night, my best friend Shea came to take care of me. Today, I went with Pastor Tom to a counselor's training meeting for the AF1 retreat. I'm not sure if I'm going yet -- I've been feeling very emotionally drained lately -- but PT is actually really understanding and is giving me time to pray/think about it. And I had a really good time just talking and hanging out with him today. :)

I have much more to do. I hate being sick because I'm just so immobilized by exhaustion. Hopefully this will go away very soon.

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Wow, sorry for cutting this so close.
I didn't realize it took me this long to write a blog entry.

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Now to go make Christmas goodie-bags for my adorable YG kids! :D
Have a wonderful remainder of break.