Hello, friends. I did not know this Group existed; delighted to be here. I'm grateful that our first course is this SF511. I'm still amazed and not quite sure how I got to be here ("someone like me? In seminary? Taking formal classes? Surely if they find out who I really am, I'll be thrown out of here..."). Grateful for this 1st course because if I had just hit "intellectual content" from the start, I would have been much more comfortable (even though I'm brand-new to Logos and it's taken me a while just to learn how to OPEN all of the books in our library, lol...) but by walking through this Course, I feel impelled to look at: what am I really doing here? And WHY am I doing this? What are my motivations? The Section on "Eternal Perspective" had me really chewing on HOW EXACTLY DO I BEHOLD MY LORD JESUS in my everyday, boring, mundane life? Am I actively trying to do this? My favorite hymn is "Be Thou My Vision" and I've been chewing on the lyrics to Stanzas #1,2 & 4: 1. Be Thou my vision, O Lord of my heart; Naught be all else to me save that Thou art. Thou my best thought by day and by night; Waking or sleeping, Thy presence my Light. 2. Be Thou my wisdom, and Thou my true Word; I ever with Thee and Thou with me, Lord. Thou my great Father, I Thy dear son; Thou in me dwelling, and I with Thee one. 4. Riches I heed not, nor vain, empty praise; Thou mine inheritance, now and always. Thou and Thou only, first in my heart, High King of Heaven, my Treasure Thou art.

  1. Heather - I just found this little group today. Thank you for your sentiments. I feel the same way--safe for me would be more book learning, but here we are!! Also, thanks for typing the hymn to serve as an encouragement. Just said a prayer for you and your journey! You've got this!