Pseudo Questions…

Here are some questions that another writer would like to see answers to:

1. What has been the defining moment in your life to date?

I have several. I define myself better with each passing day. The first one that came to mind was at a youth conference in my senior year…

I had been raised in the church and as a Christian all my life. In high-school, i was becoming dissatisfied with the shallowness of my church youth group. I was seeking something more, wondering if it was out there, or if I was just maladjusted.

At YouthCongress ’85 in D.C., a Campus Life staffer had been trying to help me pray out loud. We agreed the time would be during such-n-such general session. But when the time to pray came, I was awestruck with a manifest sense of God as pure joy and power. I was dumbstruck – literally, all I could do is babble and cry, I could not formulate coherant thought. It was incredible.

Afterwards, I knew, I KNEW, what was real. I knew God was real, and that made all the difference in the world for my spiritual life.

2. How far will you go to defend personal convictions you consider important values? It depends on the conviction, and what there is to gain in the defense. For myself, you can disagree with me all you want. If I see something wrong, I may or may not point it out. If I see someone being hurt…then I am more likely to take action.

I am willing to defend spiritual truth at great emotional and relationship cost. But, only when that cost will yield a kingdom gain. I’m not going to kill someone to convince them not to murder, and I don’t want to hurt someone while defending the law of love. I hope you get the idea…

3. Is there anything or anyone that you would be willing to die for to protect? Most strangers. Instinctively. When there’s a fire at a crowded theater, im the civilian that stands at the front urging everyone to exit carefully through the side exits. I would take a bullet to spare someone else. I’d rather not have either, though.

Calculated loss? My best friend(s), family. Friends probably more so. I love my family, but most of my family are Christians, so I know God will take care of them. *shaking head, thinking* No, i’d pretty much die for family, friends, and strangers equally. “Do not play favorites”. A tactical and strategic evaluation would be taken into consideration, etc.

But, thats my “martial thinking” kicking in.

I know I’ve said in another entry that “I’d die for my friend, if neccessary”, but what I think I mean there is, “I’d die for Trynity before I died for others”.