So, this was our first official week of lectures, with the wonderful David Painting. He's the coolest.

Anyway, the theme for this week was "What is God Like?", which appropriately was on Valentines week because essentially, God is love. Cool, neh?

I had to re-think a lot of preconceived notions I had about God and His character this week. Really, a lot of what I thought didn't have any Biblical basis whatsoever, but I think it was just something that I had been taught and never questioned. Which is, needless to say, silly.

So, it's hard to pick what all to tell you about what I learned! There's so much! About the intricate love story present in the first 3 verses of Genesis, the amazing way God redeems, and really, most importantly, that God is love. Like He is the embodiment of the word.

For example, take 1 Corinthians 13 (the famous love passage) and, since God is love, replace the word "love" with "God".  So:

"[God] is patient and kind. [God] is not jealous or boastful or proud or rude. [He] does not demand [His] own way. [He] is not irritable, and [He] keeps no record of being wronged. [He] does not rejoice about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out. [God] never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance."

What an awesome God we serve! I think one of the most absolutely amazing things about this is the part that says "[He] does not demand [His] own way". Wow. The implications of that are incredible. How does He ever get anything done?? People are so fickle. But our God is a redeeming God (thank goodness!).

In other news, I finally took my camera into town and took some pictures of the Minster!