Spot Focus - Getting Ready for the Trip!

"Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path."   Psalm 119:105   

"Ponder the path of thy feet and let all thy ways be established."   Proverbs 4:26

Hi all!

Here's a question... Do you have any favorite trips you've been on? Possibly recently or perhaps while growing up if you're a bit older? Granted it may be difficult to come up with just one, as there are so many memories that can be associated with each. Here's another question... Could maybe one of them be those (hopefully) fun field trips when going to school? 

It may have been a trip to a local museum or a zoo. Maybe a theatrical play or something else. Possibly one of those anticipated visits to one of the most popular theme parks you've been waiting for soooo long.

The thought of those high speed rollercoasters and rides! The screaming. The excitement. The adrenaline. And the bus still hasn't left the parking lot! All kidding aside, after that chaotic parking lot you finally arrive, only to get stuck in those lines and stand there while building the courage to get on said ride. First time visits can feel overwhelming as to where to start your exploration. Good thing most places give out maps.

As with any big trip preparations are needed.  Here's an overview of how we are going to approach this Spot Focus Tour.  We are going to provide the map, prior to each Spot Focus Destination.

Then we will provide the Spot Focus Destination (SFD) for you to explore, presented with links to very trusted resources that allow the Biblical view with world views to speak for themselves while providing an understanding of how Scripture and Science, Scripture and Tradition, Scripture and History, even Scripture and the Paranormal and more, can actually be an exciting and beautiful (and quite provocative!) journey.

We have been and continue to be on this journey ourselves. Both of us have had many aspects of our faith challenged. The hardest life shaking has come from discovering that some of what we were taught as Biblical views were in fact anything but. We both were (and are) Bible readers, in prayer with fasting, longing for more of God as we were trying to be faithful to "church teachings."

As we were going through some life difficulties things began to really break away and we began to find, By God's Grace, resources to help us really connect the dots and expose and illuminate us in God's Word.  

We believe many folks like us are sincere in their desire to walk with the Living God, and even with the best intentions we can innocently and ignorantly misunderstand and misrepresent God's Ways. Only God Knows our hearts! 

It is important and true that the Word of God tells us to test or prove all things (1 Thessalonians 5:19-23) and that we truly need to study for ourselves (2 Timothy 2:15-16.)

This takes prayer, time, patience, perseverance, courage, and humility; especially when you find those discrepancies between what God says in His Word and what one has been taught and believes.  This is not an easy process. Been there.

We know that many of those things we were taught can also be passed on over many generations, and people do get in their comfort zones (or you may have never heard of these before.)  Still we have to choose between God and His Word or the words of others; the Biblical view or the other views.