Wow! I just looked for the first time through a telescope at the moon. It is sooooo amazing! It's easy to look at the moon in pictures, but when you experience looking at it yourself it is beautiful!
It is a great analogy for my experience learning about basic principles of theology this semester. I found I have read a great number of things but I realized that I did not see it the way a theological thinker would see. I have seen pictures and maps of the moon's craters but never have looked for myself. Another excellent consequence of my class is that I started to listen more closely to the priest's homilies. I am still lacking the full background that I need, but that will come in time. If I continue the analogy of my first site of the moon, I remember that currently there is research showing vast amounts of the elements that may have brought forth some types of living organisms. I hope my further study of theology shows such spiritual life and connections for me.
One other realization I have had, among so many, is that I think my friends who have studied theology before me seem to have a greater understanding of human nature. Some of them are priests, some are DREs, some campus ministers and some teachers. I see it takes all kinds of theologians just as it takes many types of scientists and sciences to bring together a full knowledge of one idea. I trust I will continue to look to my friends for their advice as I study theology and learn more of God's divine plan for man.
It is so exciting for me to know that as I have taken my first look at the moon, so shall I grow in theological knowledge (hopefully) to see the inner workings that give spiritual life to man. The more I study and seek, the more I will see the elements necessary for my own spiritual life.
