{"id":3109,"date":"2011-04-21T11:46:07","date_gmt":"2011-04-21T15:46:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ispeculate.wpmudev.host\/main\/?p=3109"},"modified":"2011-04-21T11:46:07","modified_gmt":"2011-04-21T15:46:07","slug":"ad-vera-kristur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ispeculate.net\/writings\/2011\/04\/21\/ad-vera-kristur\/","title":{"rendered":"A\u00f0 vera Kristur"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00dear sem \u00e9g sit og les Yaconelli’s “Contemplative Youth Ministry: Practicing the Presence of Jesus (Youth Specialties)<\/a>” sem er l\u00edklega besta b\u00f3kin sem \u00e9g hef\u00a0lesi\u00f0 um kristilegt starf me\u00f0 b\u00f6rnum og unglingum, \u00fe\u00e1 snertir \u00feetta samtal vi\u00f0 m\u00e9r.<\/p>\n

N\u00f3i spur\u00f0i: “Hva\u00f0 er a\u00f0 vera kristinn?”<\/p>\n

M\u00e9r br\u00e1, \u00e9g gat deilt tr\u00fa minni me\u00f0 [fj\u00f6gurra \u00e1ra] syni m\u00ednum. \u00c9g var\u00f0 a\u00f0 vanda mig. \u00c9g hugsa\u00f0i um t\u00e6knina sem \u00e9g haf\u00f0i l\u00e6rt. \u00c1tti \u00e9g a\u00f0 gefa vitnisbur\u00f0? L\u00edkast til myndi \u00fea\u00f0 taka of langan t\u00edma. \u00c1tti \u00e9g a\u00f0 ritsk\u00fdra annan kafla Fillip\u00edbr\u00e9fsins? \u00dea\u00f0 yr\u00f0i l\u00edklega a\u00f0eins of erfitt a\u00f0 skilja. Auk \u00feess myndi \u00e9g \u00feurfa a\u00f0 \u00fatsk\u00fdra s\u00f6gulega gagnr\u00fdni \u00e1 gu\u00f0fr\u00e6\u00f0i P\u00e1ls og \u00fatsk\u00fdra stuttlega kenosis (svipta sig \u00f6llu) og fri\u00f0\u00fe\u00e6gingarkenningar. Kannski v\u00e6ri vi\u00f0 h\u00e6fi a\u00f0 gefa stutt s\u00f6gulegt yfirlit um st\u00f6rf kirkju\u00feingsins \u00ed N\u00edkeu, og renna s\u00ed\u00f0an yfir N\u00edkeuj\u00e1tninguna? \u00dea\u00f0 g\u00e6ti or\u00f0i\u00f0 fl\u00f3ki\u00f0.<\/p>\n

Sonur minn trufla\u00f0i hugsanir m\u00ednar. “J\u00e6ja, pabbi, hva\u00f0 merkir \u00fea\u00f0?”<\/p>\n

\u00c1\u00f0ur en \u00e9g n\u00e1\u00f0i a\u00f0 fullkomna hugsanir m\u00ednar, muldra\u00f0i \u00e9g, “J\u00e1, N\u00f3i minn, \u00fea\u00f0 merkir a\u00f0 vera “litlir Kristar,” \u00deeir sem leitast vi\u00f0 a\u00f0 lifa eins og Jes\u00fas, kalla sig kristna.”<\/p>\n

N\u00f3i staldra\u00f0i vi\u00f0, hugsa\u00f0i um stund og sag\u00f0i svo: “Ert \u00fe\u00fa kristinn?”<\/p>\n

“J\u00e1, \u00fea\u00f0 er \u00e9g,” svara\u00f0i \u00e9g.<\/p>\n

N\u00f3a var kjurr um stund, hugsa\u00f0i sig um og sag\u00f0i, “hvernig ver\u00f0ur einhver kristinn?” \u00c9g \u00fatsk\u00fdr\u00f0i fyrir honum a\u00f0 \u00fe\u00fa einfaldlega segir vi\u00f0 Gu\u00f0 af \u00f6llu hjarta. “\u00c9g vil vera \u00ed li\u00f0i me\u00f0 Jes\u00fa og elska \u00feig og elska a\u00f0ra,” og s\u00ed\u00f0an reynir \u00fe\u00fa a\u00f0 lifa l\u00edfinu eins og Jes\u00fas. N\u00f3a hugsa\u00f0i a\u00f0eins lengur og sag\u00f0i: “Ok, vi\u00f0 skulum gera \u00fea\u00f0.” Vi\u00f0 settumst ni\u00f0ur vi\u00f0 r\u00fami\u00f0 hans og b\u00e1\u00f0um littla b\u00e6n, me\u00f0an J\u00f3sep, tveggja \u00e1ra, hoppa\u00f0i og velti s\u00e9r \u00ed r\u00faminu \u00e1 bakvi\u00f0 okkur.<\/p>\n

Str\u00e1karnir burstu\u00f0u tennurnar, hlustu\u00f0u \u00e1 s\u00f6gu fyrir svefninn og l\u00f6g\u00f0ust upp \u00ed r\u00fam. \u00deegar \u00feeir voru or\u00f0nir r\u00f3legir, st\u00f3\u00f0 \u00e9g upp til a\u00f0 fara, \u00fe\u00e1 sneri N\u00f3i s\u00e9r a\u00f0 m\u00e9r og sag\u00f0i: “Pabbi, \u00e9g held \u00e9g vilji ekki vera kristinn.” \u00c9g stoppa\u00f0i og sn\u00e9ri m\u00e9r vi\u00f0, undrandi \u00e1 a\u00f0 hann v\u00e6ri ekki sofna\u00f0ur.<\/p>\n

“Af hverju segir \u00fe\u00fa \u00fea\u00f0 N\u00f3i,” hv\u00edsla\u00f0i \u00e9g.<\/p>\n

“J\u00fa, Jes\u00fas er drepinn af herm\u00f6nnum, er \u00fea\u00f0 ekki annars?”<\/p>\n

“J\u00fa… \u00fea\u00f0 er r\u00e9tt,” svara\u00f0i \u00e9g hikandi. S\u00ed\u00f0an reyndi \u00e9g a\u00f0 virka hughreistandi \u00feegar \u00e9g sag\u00f0i: “En Gu\u00f0 reisir hann upp og andi Gu\u00f0s er me\u00f0 okkur enn \u00ed dag.”<\/p>\n

“\u00c9g veit \u00fea\u00f0 pabbi… en \u00e9g vil ekki vera drepinn.”<\/p>\n

\u00de\u00f6gn. …*<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Fr\u00e1s\u00f6gnin er a\u00f0eins lengri. En raunveruleikinn \u00ed samtalinu er lj\u00f3s. Fj\u00f6gurra \u00e1ra barni\u00f0 skyldi a\u00f0 \u00fea\u00f0 a\u00f0 vera kristinn er ekki endilega s\u00e6tt og settlegt norm. \u00dea\u00f0 hefur aflei\u00f0ingar a\u00f0 lifa, \u00fea\u00f0 er ekki \u00f3keypis a\u00f0 taka afst\u00f6\u00f0u. A\u00f0 vera kristinn og treysta Gu\u00f0i getur leitt til \u00f3fyrirsj\u00e1anlegra aflei\u00f0inga. \u00deegar vi\u00f0 kynnum kristni til s\u00f6gunnar sem menningarlega hef\u00f0 og b\u00f3kmenntalegan fj\u00e1rsj\u00f3\u00f0 fort\u00ed\u00f0ar er au\u00f0velt a\u00f0 missa sj\u00f3nar \u00e1 \u00e1kallinu um r\u00e9ttl\u00e6ti og \u00feeirri sta\u00f0reynd a\u00f0 \u00fea\u00f0 getur kosta\u00f0 a\u00f0 standa me\u00f0 Gu\u00f0i.<\/p>\n

* \u00de\u00fd\u00f0ingin er m\u00edn.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00dear sem \u00e9g sit og les Yaconelli’s “Contemplative Youth Ministry: Practicing the Presence of Jesus (Youth Specialties)” sem er l\u00edklega besta b\u00f3kin sem \u00e9g hef\u00a0lesi\u00f0 um kristilegt starf me\u00f0 b\u00f6rnum og unglingum, \u00fe\u00e1 snertir \u00feetta samtal vi\u00f0 m\u00e9r.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[89,112,168],"class_list":["post-3109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-islenska","tag-injustice","tag-parents","tag-youthwork"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ispeculate.net\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ispeculate.net\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ispeculate.net\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ispeculate.net\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ispeculate.net\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3109"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ispeculate.net\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3109\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ispeculate.net\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ispeculate.net\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ispeculate.net\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}