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I have a new little book coming out soon called, “99 Thought’s for College-age People.” It’s designed to give to the people you’re working with and hits the core issues they’re facing. Some are very practical daily issues, while others are more abstract thought processes college-age people go through. The point is to encourage people through the tough times they’re having…while making them laugh in between the deeper things. I thought I would give you an example out of one little section that seeks to encourage people as they reevaluate all the beliefs they grew up with…
Re-evaluation
At some point everyone re-evaluates all the assumptions they grew up with. Most people do this during their first couple years after graduating high school. Everyone will inevitably question their beliefs and possibly to a point of doubting them entirely. This is normal, and actually healthy. There’s a lot to think through. Here are eight thoughts about this inevitable process:
- Don’t feel guilty for having doubts. This process is healthy, even if it feels like your world is falling apart! Most people have doubts about their faith from time to time and just don’t say anything. Unless you and I are the only ones, it’s totally normal.
- Things that once seemed black and white to you may all of the sudden be turning grey. This is simply because you can think at much deeper levels than you ever could before.
- If things are becoming more complex in your world – it’s a sign that you’re growing up. You are realizing things aren’t as simple as they used to seem!
- If confusion is creeping into your life it’s because you don’t actually know as much as you thought you did. We all get blindsided by this truth at some point. The answer isn’t to throw in the towel, it’s to learn more!
- Just because things seem much more complex, it doesn’t mean your faith is wrong. And, it certainly doesn’t mean your faith is dying. It just means you’re maturing and thinking through things you never have before. Your faith being challenged will only make it stronger.
- Reevaluating beliefs is necessary for you to have a faith of your own. This is the time in which we move past living off of our parents’ beliefs – whatever those might be. In order to move past this you have to re-evaluate everything you once believed. Babies are weaned off their mom’s milk and this is part of your weaning process.
- Just because someone caused you to think in a new way about your faith doesn’t mean they are right. There may be very logical and biblical responses to whatever that person said. Scripture may even clearly show their thoughts to be wrong. Don’t trust other people’s thought’s over God’s. Make sure you’re comparing everything people say to what God says (Acts 17:11).
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