her life in prose

"What this man has done, it all extends to you..."  -This My Soul, The Gray Havens The song, "This My Soul," by a little indie band from Illinois, examines the particulars of the Fall of Man and the Resurrection of Jesus Christ.  Talking about Adam the lyrics go... "Then man from the dust came reflecting  All goodness and beauty and life  But he lowered his gaze  As he listened to the face of low desires  This my soul you were born  You were born into  What this man has done  It all extends to you" This speaks plainly on The Fall of Man in the Garden of Eden. Man, made in God's own image sins, thus establishing original sin for all of mankind. I don't know about you, but when I was younger, this idea of original sin and death because of Adam and Eve's screw ups never really set well with me. Probably because at twelve or thirteen, we're just coming into our concrete senses of justice and the idea of eternal damnation cuz...

"It is not lost time  to wait upon the Lord."  -J. Hudson Taylor  There is a bookmark in my Bible, just a tattered piece of paper covered in my scrawling handwriting. I think it was from my senior year of high school. The writing is a list of things I learned about my faith that year that I didn't want to forget.  One of those things was this reminder: "Sometimes when we are in the exact center of God's Will is when we will experience the most pain."  As humans, our feelings are paramount for us. The world likes to tell us that how we feel about things is THE most important thing in any situation. This has led to the creation and permeation of casual life philosophies such as, "no bad vibes," and "what's truth for you is not always truth for me."  However, as Christians, there is only one standard for truth- the Bible , and only one thing in this world that can not be swayed by feelings- God and his righteous character.   Thi...