(From the same sender as the previous long-form question about relationship)
I suppose that makes sense somewhat. I’ve got something of a crush on you, albeit from thousands of kilometres away. I’ll resume my silent enjoyment from a far. Before I do that, one last question:
Where does your faith originate and what does it change? Does it inform your otherwise secular life or does it radically change the life choices you make? Does it set you free or fence you in? How (apart from the obvious) does it affect your here and now?
You must have really good binoculars then, wow. Hah.
Er, let’s see. I grew up in a Christian family and have been going to church consistently since about grade four. That being said, I have also really considered other options and thought about my faith a lot, it’s not just something I’ve been spoon fed. It changes pretty much my whole life, actually. It changes what I think about, what I do and how I respond in situations. I think it does change my life choices a lot, too. For example, a pastor I’d never met prophesied over me a few years ago and amongst other things that were already accurate or soon became accurate, he told me that I was uniquely fitted and that God had called me to teach in Europe - which is the main reason that I pursued volunteering at a school in Paris. The situation was kind of a remarkable one and ended up being just right when I followed through with it, the teachers told me that they had hardly ever seen someone work with children so well (so, yay!). And now I’m heading back to school for possibly 6 years to get a degree in education and return. So, it’s changing my decisions there, and in other places but I won’t bore you with all of the examples.
I’m going to start a new paragraph, if that’s okay. It absolutely sets me free. Some people think that Christianity traps you and forces you to obey a bunch of rules that are impossible, but I think that’s because they don’t really understand how it works. Christianity is, above all else, centred on unconditional love and incredible grace. Two things which are absolutely not constricting at all. At the end of the day I know that the author of creation loves me dearly and that no matter how miserably I fail at trying to emulate Christ’s perfect example of kindness and selflessness, I still can and will be forgiven. Sounds pretty freeing to me!
Also another new paragraph! I think it gives me peace of mind and confidence in the present. It stops me from worrying about the future and alleviates me from the guilt of the past. It gets me excited when I think about it, actually. Like, there is this verse in John (the second part of John 16:33) that goes “In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! For I have overcome the world.” That’s Jesus speaking. Isn’t that wonderful? Gah. I just get so excited to think of how wonderful it all is.
Hope that answered your questions, sorry if I tended to ramble a little.
