When it starts to crumble

 What do you do when everything that you know starts to fall apart?

The reality of this is that it really shows you what your faith is built on. 

This question, and the reality of the last statement is really the crux of everything going with the deconstruction movement, especially in my generation. This has really been the fruit of a generation that was brought up, with their faith being built on a shallow foundation of feel good Bible stories, some rules akin to "don't drink or chew, or go with girls who do",  and a general principle of any difficult questions will be answered at a later time, but then they never really get around to it.

What this mentality has bred is a generation of people who have a deep desire to know truth, and to see justice exacted in the world. But then when the real tough questions have been posed, cracks begin to appear, and what seemed so sure before can't really withstand the nuance of reality.

This problem is not an intentional thing. In many ways I grew up in a context and tradition that held to this line in certain ways. There was a pathological need for certainty, and every single thing could be answered within one of the books that was published and sold by the organization. 

But what eventually happens as it does in any context is you either double down and blind yourself to the problems,  or you question everything. 

And it is in this place of questioning everything that the foundation of your faith is really shown. Despite many problems that I had in my own life, there was still something there that was grounded in Christ. And as all the junk began to wither and fall away, there was still an anchor to the truth that held me. Not everything from my tradition growing up was problematic. There was a high view of God's word, and a desire to know and understand it. This has served me well through my life and will for the rest of it, thank God. But other elements of my tradition growing up isn't good, and I have had to deconstruct those things that were unhealthy, and rebuild based off of the teaching of the apostles and prophets. 

So no matter where we are in life, there is always something that needs to crumble. When that happens it really shows what our life and faith is built on. Even from the most toxic of places, a faith grounded in Christ will survive the deconstruction to be rebuilt into the image of Him. But if not, the crumbling will wash away into dust and nothing will remain.

So remain in Christ. Even through the issues and problem of broken humanity, ensure you are grounded on Him. And as things shift and change, you will not be moved, but remade into His glorious image.