As the procreator of ATreasuringLove.com, I readily admit that my believing something does not make it so. In this, I acknowledge that I am not God, nor am I all-knowing. The words and ideas expressed here are my own—often made a little more readable with help from my AI Editor.
While I believe my beliefs are Biblical and true, I do not claim to speak for God. The simple truth is that I have a hard enough time speaking for myself, let alone trying to speak for someone else.
So why do I share my beliefs if I do not claim them to be universally true? Well again, let me say: I do believe them to be true—or I wouldn’t hold to them—but the reason I share them goes deeper than mere conviction.
I share them because I see you—and others—as valuable treasures. Treasures with whom I long to have an eternal, loving, Christ-centered relationship. Therefore, to the extent that I believe something has benefited me in my relationship with God, and been beneficial to the relationships I, in Christ, desire to have with others, I want to share those beliefs.
I share them not because I see others as sinners whom I need to help save, nor as misguided believers whom God has called me to straighten out. Rather, to the extent that I believe the full relationship I desire with you and others is only possible when we live in alignment with the relationship God has made available to us—through Christ with Himself, and with one another in Christ—I want to share what I’ve come to believe. Not with a focus of getting others to conform to my understanding, but to encourage all of us to keep seeking first the Kingdom of God.
For in this, I know that the only person I can actually allow the Spirit of God to work is myself.
For too many years, I had faith in my beliefs about God, when my faith should have simply been in God, allowing the Holy Spirit to keep transforming me. This includes God’s transforming my beliefs.
Today, I find myself far less secure in my beliefs about God, and yet far more secure in my faith in God—and in His love for us.
You are a treasure.