Recently a very good friend of my family commented on a fb posting I had. She asked me to read from: www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com about Rick Warren and other things. It brought me to the next question...Is believing simply enough? I mean, I have conviction about things that I DEFINITELY do not see in all of the people I speak to. There are things I see happen or hear about and simply thing "My my my, the Lord doesn't convict you on this"- not that I am in any way perfect- but EVERY TIME I do things I know I shouldn't, I feel like I'm doing wrong. However, I think I have minimized things in my life so that I feel better about them. "Narrow is the way" as the Bible mentions, as well as this article. Does this mean fewer of us who believe that Jesus died on the cross for our sins, and rose again three days later- and is coming back for us on e day.....are all just imitating a Christian Life and not really living it? I mean, My Mother tells me that we must live and believe this in our heart as well as head....you would think the heart and head would always be on the same page...but I'm wondering now about this. I'm thinking....can the heart and head totally disagree and you feel NO inner-conflict about this? Are there things in every one's lives that they know darn well aren't what God would specifically WANT them to do, but they just out of routine and comfort keep this action or attitude? I know this is deep, but is is certainly BIG. It's something I've gotta get right about. I know many people will not agree with this because they don't believe in Jesus Christ....I must take a stand that I do believe. I cannot believe that cosmic gas and so forth caused a huge bang and the Earth was there with all the beautiful things. I must believe there is a God who created this with perfection.
I believe Christians are just as capable of self-deception as non-Christians. But it does make me sad.
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