Years ago when I was a Freshman in College I went through a dark time in regards to my faith in God and my commitment to Jesus Christ as my savior and Lord. There was no particular reason for it other than the ” newness and difference” of my new life away from my family, church, and farm that was so much a part of my security in life. I had a favorite professor that I went to with questions about life at least a dozen times that first year. He probably got weary of me hanging around after class asking him if he had a minute to talk. He used to make me feel quite special when he would say things like, ” that is a very good question”, or “you obviously are a deep thinker”, and my favorite response was ” intelligence is best measured by the questions we ask so I am declaring you a genius”. No wonder he was my favorite professor!! When I told him that I wasn’t sure any more if the Bible was the inspired Word of God as I had been taught all of my life, he responded by saying, ” I remember like it was yesterday having those very same doubts”.  Again, he made me feel very special in that I was like him, and he certainly seemed to have come out of his doubts strong. He said that many Freshman in college had the same doubts I was having, but that many of them dismissed them and pushed them out of their mind because they felt so guilty having the doubts. He told me that if I didn’t thoroughly investigate, study, and think through my doubts they would return at a later date stronger than they were then, and would probably prove lethal in regards to my walk with Christ. He offered to help guide me through this “testing of my faith”, and I with great relief accepted his offer. (To be continued)