It's been awhile since I updated this, so now I am posting whatever comes to mind, flow of consciousness style.
I am simply blown away by the responsibility we have been given by God. We are, by His grace, allowed to call ourselves His followers, complete without any stipulations. We can do all manner of things in His name, from blessing and befriending the homeless to killing innocents, and no matter what we do, He is gracious and forgiving. The only deterrent He has placed in our way is our own sense of responsibility and conscience. We are otherwise given free reign to do as we please. What a humbling responsibility this is.
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Politics and religion do not mix well. Honestly, the combination of the two seems completely... what's the word.... useless, perhaps. After all, when we all die, our politics won't be what matters, only the love we showed to others.
This idea has really drastically changed the way that I view politics. I used to be very into them, but as I've been studying Jesus, I've become slowly convinced that it doesn't matter who is in office. What does matter is that you, personally, are loving. Jesus didn't come to show us how to vote, He came to show us how to live. (Oh, and to give us Salvation, if there is any real difference between the two.)
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A friend of mine whom has drifted away over the last year called me, wanting to reconnect, as he is in need of some Godly friends. I am both humbled and flattered by this, but I'm not sure how well this will go once we start talking theology again. You see, he is a college pastor, and when I last really had a conversation with him, we largely agreed on theological matters. Since then, I have had a very large shift in my theological and philosophical beliefs. I know that he is looking for, what he called, "people with the same base foundation as me." Hopefully love will triumph here, and we will both be uplifted by the challenges we can hopefully offer to our respective views. Iron sharpening iron often involves a lot of opposition.
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Jumping subjects
Today, I watched (500) Days of Summer for a second time. It may be my favorite movie of last year; in many ways, it seems to have been made for me. It's very much like watching all of my past relationships rolled all up into one, which is then set to music that I actually love. The message of the film is one that I honestly need to hear, so I expect that I will be watching this movie many times over. It joins a slowly growing list of movies that will help you understand Phillip.
Also, google Chrome says that I just misspelled my name.
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It's time to end this post, as it's already large enough to deter people from reading it.