Is God masculine or feminine? As I perused the many materials given to me at the seminary orientation, I ran across this little policy.
“The faculty urges students to use a variety of biblical images, both male and female (Isaiah 49:14-15), when describing God’s attributes and characteristics. The bible itself does so and student should follow that model.”
There is a little more to the policy but you get the gist. So in reflecting on this thought, I cracked open the internet and did some research. I hold to a belief that God the Father is Masculine. I believe it is an important tenet of theology. I am always open to discussion on the issue though.
The issue is important and caused me to question my choice in seminaries. Then I began to wonder inside if I was meant to go full time to seminary. I am all confused at the moment. I am getting set up as an attorney. It is a costly process. Is this how God wants me to spend my time? I am in prayer over the matter.
Maybe I am holding to tightly to money. I got to to admit, I am not thrilled about spending $5k a quarter between books and tuition. Maybe, I don’t want to be back in school as much as I thought. I like working. But I want to do something great for Jesus in my life. Now I have to make a decision.
My friend, and sage advice giver, Ty Stewart said to me that if I don’t know what God wants me to do right now, I should do the last thing he told me to do. Very profound indeed! Ty did say he took that gem from some author but I forgot who it was.
Well, I thought the last thing He told me to do was leave the San Diego Police Department, come to Ohio to be with family, and go to seminary. I did get into Trinity which was my top choice but it is in Illinois. They have an extension site in Akron. I may wait till spring semester starts (since fall semester is already underway) and attend there. Trinity is more biblically solid then the university I chose in my opinion.
Will you help me make a decision about my life? Then after we get through this conundrum we can go back to deciding on whether God drives a pickup truck or ford mustang.
