"Everything’s different when you frame your life picture in the biblical worldview. Suddenly it all makes sense. Just about every piece of information, experience, and idea in the box of your life fits into this frame. As long as they’re thoroughly vetted, there’s no need to force these pieces, or trim them back, or throw them away.
"Sure, there are some pieces that don’t seem to fit up front. You set them aside – throw them back in with the other loose pieces, perhaps those with the same colors – until you’ve got enough to work up a new section of the picture. Or until you notice that they fit somewhere else.
"That happens to me constantly now, especially when I’m reading the Bible. I will go over a New Testament passage for the fourth time and suddenly realize, like a bolt out of the blue, that it answers some pesky question I had back in Genesis. Or I’ll do a word-by-word study of a verse that has captured my attention, and suddenly a little-noticed preposition or article will bring the whole thing to life for me.
"There are some other amazing things about the biblical-worldview frame, too.
"For one thing, it seems to repel fear. The Bible reportedly says 'fear not,' in various ways, 365 times – once for every day of the year, if whoever counted these mentions is correct. When I take the time to view a troubling circumstance through the biblical framework, fear flees. I have no more anxiety about going broke. I no longer step on the imaginary brake on the passenger side of the car. I have, it seems, no fear of dying – or at least such a dramatic reduction in that fundamental fear that situations which once sent me into a panic barely ruffle me these days.
"It’s almost like He’s turned me into an entirely new creature."
-- from Heaven Without Her, pp 190-191
"Sure, there are some pieces that don’t seem to fit up front. You set them aside – throw them back in with the other loose pieces, perhaps those with the same colors – until you’ve got enough to work up a new section of the picture. Or until you notice that they fit somewhere else.
"That happens to me constantly now, especially when I’m reading the Bible. I will go over a New Testament passage for the fourth time and suddenly realize, like a bolt out of the blue, that it answers some pesky question I had back in Genesis. Or I’ll do a word-by-word study of a verse that has captured my attention, and suddenly a little-noticed preposition or article will bring the whole thing to life for me.
"There are some other amazing things about the biblical-worldview frame, too.
"For one thing, it seems to repel fear. The Bible reportedly says 'fear not,' in various ways, 365 times – once for every day of the year, if whoever counted these mentions is correct. When I take the time to view a troubling circumstance through the biblical framework, fear flees. I have no more anxiety about going broke. I no longer step on the imaginary brake on the passenger side of the car. I have, it seems, no fear of dying – or at least such a dramatic reduction in that fundamental fear that situations which once sent me into a panic barely ruffle me these days.
"It’s almost like He’s turned me into an entirely new creature."
-- from Heaven Without Her, pp 190-191
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