Maybe it's controversial. People sometimes think that when it comes to God, things are black and white. You're obedient. Or you're not. You have faith. Or you don't.
When I look out at religion, the window starts fogging up with my own breath. And all I can see is how I feel about God and how I feel about faith and how I feel about my testimony even when all that seems to be there is the condensation dripping down the pane. My world is black and white and all sorts of grey--beautiful, beautiful shades of grey. It's not unsettling and it's not murky. It's the kind of grey that almost kills you with its clarity and acuity, even if you don't know what it means, really. It's the calmest kind of a misty day.
It's the kind of grey that lets me respect the way a Muslim prays five times a day. It helps me understand the LGBT community. It lets me appreciate a Buddhist temple. It's the kind of grey that lets me remain strong in my own faith, even when I don't have all the answers.
My world is not all black and white.
Perhaps it should be. I don't know.
Perhaps nothing is more personal than your relationship with God.
So maybe you see God differently. So
disagree with me. It's fine. I dig it. Be singular. Live the most personal religion that ever was.
I'm okay with that. Are you?
disagree with me. It's fine. I dig it. Be singular. Live the most personal religion that ever was.
I'm okay with that. Are you?
The world's not black and white, I don't think. Maybe the people who try to make it that way do so because they need it to be. For them, you know? They need a right and a wrong for everything. I won't deny that it sounds like an attractive and simple way to see the world, but it's a little too problematic a viewpoint for me to adopt it. If I end up in heaven with them, then we'll know that truth is a little more relative than they thought.
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