The Craziness of Faith
I realize people of Christian faith, people of other faith, and people of no particular faith, read this blog. And all are welcome here. Thing is, I sometimes ponder my own life of faith through an external-journalistic eye, and pronounce my own opinions of myself: Sarah, your faith is just crazy. Even in my prayers, I express this directly to the God I believe is there: "Lord, is this just a fanatical, pie-in-the-sky sentimental thing that I do - praying to You? I sometimes feel crazy trusting You this much ." Here I am, in those moments, asking God if He thinks I'm as crazy as I seem to think myself. Sometimes I trust God so wildly, so boldly, so almost-stupidly, that I think I'm more than a few cards short of a full-deck. And then I tell God what I think of my trusting Him so much - I analyze it and say, "There's a word for this in psychological terms: Magical thinking." Lately I've been trying to wrap my head around this concept: magical thinki
It is such a sweet post! I have always loved visiting my granny. I don’t remember a single birthday of mine that I celebrated without her. This year also I will turn 21 but I am planning to book one of the San Francisco venues for my birthday celebration. It can be a trip for my friends too but I will get to celebrate it with my granny.
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