As The Wind Blows

I chose the title based on the first verse of Scripture I every memorized from Psalm 103. And then, I chose it because it sounds like a good title.

It has been an interesting week. I started a bit of research on Buddha and Jesus -- comparing and contrasting the two, as well as just get a bit of the foundation of Buddhism. It is very interesting stuff and lead to my listening to some talks given by Ravi Zacharias at the following link:

http://www.rzim.org/radio/archives.php?p=LMPT&v=detail&id=24
http://www.rzim.org/radio/archives.php?p=JT&v=detail&id=408


Both of these are one part of a larger series. Anyway, I quite like the intellectual style of Ravi.

This exploration lead to a couple of conversations with people at my church and I enjoyed these dialogues tremendously. These conversations reminded me of some fairly intense Bible studies I had been to in the past and I realize that I miss the deep (at least for me) exploration of the Bible that I enjoyed before.

However, in the midst of this week, we also read Psalm 103 -- a favorite for me, as it contains the first Scripture I ever memorized:

"The wind blows
and we are gone--
As though we had never been here."
Psalm 103:16

And I must say, as I travel down the path of exploring the meaning of the bible through discourse with other Christians, and by researching and listening to others' viewpoints, I had better be pretty careful, because "the wind blows and we are gone--as though we had never been here." Time is very, very short. To seek the truth is a priority, but I know my tendency to seek a good argument. Hmmm...

Anyway, very interesting week.....