Entry #2: [Zany & Serious] to finally understand

To struggle for a very long time to understand something and then to finally figure it out, even just partially is very satisfying to me. For example, I might be struggling very hard on a homework problem that has a concept that is very difficult to get, but then all of a sudden it just clicks!  To me, that is extremely satisfying and fills me lots of enthusiasm!

I've found the same can happen in my faith life too. I have been told I'm good at making analogies, and I have found I often use analogies as a part of how I think. This may be because the Bible uses a lot of analogies to make difficult ideas easier to understand. Knowing this, God saw that I had recently been going through a rough time, so He gave me the perfect analogy to help me understand!

I have always believed God loves me. Unfortunately, a fact can grow old in one's mind when one hears it the same ways for so long: it's a fact that's still there in one's mind, but it no longer resonates in their mind or heart. I knew God always loves me, but I didn't feel like it. However, while I was watching cute animal videos I finally found an analogy that makes this fact resonate with me again!

Here is that 7 minute video:

If that video didn't make your heart feel something, quite frankly there is something very wrong with you. It may not be immediately apparent for you how a man raising a baby squirrel relates to God, but to me as someone who has thought a lot about analogies and being adopted into the loving arms of my Heavenly Father God, immediately this fact finally resonated with me again!

Of course, there are a lot cynical people out there who would say it's against nature for a human to raise a wild animal and that this is a bad analogy. Those hypothetical people might be right, but I know what I felt and no one can tell me I am wrong that I felt what I felt and be correct. Jesus Christ is our Lord and Savior, for God sent His little squirrel to be killed so us squirrels can live forever!