Posted: May 10, 2008, 6:09 AM CST
FAITH FINDING OUT FOR OURSELVES
WHEN WE EVER COME NEAR THE REALM OF RELIGION OR CHURCH IT LEAVES MANY PEOPLE WITH A WIDE VARIETY OF VIEWS, GOOD, BAD OR PLAIN INDIFFERENT..WE MIGHT HAVE HAD EXPERIENCE OF CHURCH WITH A NEGATIVE REACTION OR NOT HAVE
MANY LOOK AT LIFE AND COME TO THE CONCLUSION THERE CANNOT BE BASED ON EVENTS WE EXPERIENCE, SEE, OR KNOW.AND VIEW A WORLD THAT HAS, EVIL, INJUSTICE AND SADNESS, GRIEF AND SORROW TO DENT EVEN THE SLIGHTEST INTEREST..BUT INSTEADS BRINGS ANGER AND CONFUSION...ANSWERS ARE NOT EASY AS LIFE IS NOT..
AND SOMETIMES THERE ARE NO ANSWERS..
SO HOW CAN WE TELL IF THERE IS SOME HIGHER POWER WHEN ALL WE SEEMS TO DEFY THAT.
AND YET DOWN THROUGH THE YEARS THERE HAS BEEN RELIGION, FAITH AND BELIEVING PEOPLE HAVE LIVED AND DIED FOR SUCH A FAITH...EVEN TODAY THE STORY IS THE SAME...
WE ALWAYS MAKE OUR OWN JUDGEMENTS FOR OURSELVESBELOW IS OF A ...WHEN YOU ALONE KNOW..JUST LIKE THE WOMAN IN THE BIBLE....JOHN CHAPTER 4..AFTER A DIALOGUE WITH CHRIST HIMSELF..SHE SEES CLEARLY WHO HE IS.
THOSE WHO HEARD HER TELL DID NOT INTIALLY BELIEVE HER BUT WENT TO SEE FOR THEMSELVES..ONLY THEN DID THEY BELIEVE..