It's lunchtime, i've just eaten some chocolate cake, and i'm sat on reception, so i thought i'd write on my blog.

Not much has been happening, although what is taking most of my thoughts at the moment is an essay that i have on the providence of God. basically How God is in control of everything at all times, how he is caring for his creation and how he is keeping his creation.

many people find it hard to beleive in a God that knows everything about us and our choices. This has led to a new school of thought called Open Theism, which after a brief look for my essay, doesn't really make sense. The open Theists basically say that God doesn't know the outcome of our choices, and he isn't in control of them. To my mind, this limits Gods power. It makes him not all knowing and infinite, but finite.

Another issue that people have is the issue of evil. If God is in control of all things then surely he can't have wanted evil to come into the world. So some people say that evil is outside of God and his power. On some level i agree with this. God hates evil, and cannot do evil. But if evil entered the world without God knowing it and wanting it to then that makes evil not in his control and therefore God isn't in control of absolutly everything, which again in my mind doesn't sit so well.

Now i'm not sure where my conclusion is taking me, as i haven't finished the essay and reading yet, but one thing i know and trust, is that God is an almighty, all knowing, all powerful God. He can be trusted to bring what he wants to pass in our lives. I know that he has a plan for us and he sent Jesus to earth, to take the punishment that we deserve for our rebellion so that we can be brought into his glorious new creation as his children.