G.O.Da subliminal faith vs a childlike faith God. Jesus. Holy Spirit. It's funny. Four-Five tears ago, my xanga entries were filled with these words. As were some of my comments. Perhaps i had more time to think about the things that God had provided me with. Maybe in the absence of current stress and pressure I had more to be thankful for... more to question...more to share. But bottom line, i think, is something called shame aka embarrasment aka P.C. sure, there are the occasional "God is good"'s... but they feel more like reminders to readers that we still have our values... somewhere along the line we forgot about who got us to where we are, and simply claimed the glory for ourselves. And even if the inner parts of us remember, we've chosen to keep it that way, to save ourselves the trouble of a debate. Remember when we could tap one another on the shoulders and say: can you pray for me? Remember when talking about our faith was not an occasional occurance? Remember when our faith was not just something we were shameless about when we were the majority? Remember when an intervention or a reassurance of faith was something we appreciated? an upstairs hallway and a living room. a child-like faith. but maybe that's the problem. Children are dependent, Adults are independent. and we're all grown up now aren't we? |