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Sunday, October 21, 2007

Passion of Faith, or God High

I am a Christian. Just thought I should get that out there.

Tonight was a very interesting evening. At 1:20 I receive a call and head out with some people to go stargazing. We drive out to the middle of nowhere and look at a meteor shower. Really cool. We then Go to Wal-Mart and buy some cheesecake. We then go back to Bledsoe and eat the cheesecake. We then hang out and play Mafia for a while. One of the guys offers to give me a ride back to my dorm.

On the way back we start talking about Christianity. Not a good idea. I explain my views and he does the same. He talks about how sometimes he is filled with passion. This reminds me of the "God Highs" people would talk about after coming back from a retreat. This sort of thing has always confused me. I believe in God and salvation through Christ. I always believe that. I can't believe in it any more or less. It is a universal constant. My faith is not going anywhere. I was baptized and I am saved. I believe all who believe they are saved are. There is nothing that can be done to make one saved. No physical or outward anything. Salvation is a personal thing between a person and God. People like him remind me of the parable of the two men at the temple, where one yelled ad drew attention about his sins and the other prayed quietly to himself. The way people go on about passion and God Highs seem to me like the first man. You aren't supposed to be the first man. This is a little rambley, because I have been up for 21 hours.

Labels: Christianity, faith, passion, salvation

¶ 10/21/2007 06:12:00 AM

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