(December 19, 2018 at 12:07 am)LadyForCamus Wrote:(December 19, 2018 at 12:03 am)T0 Th3 M4X Wrote: Life experience. I've seen unimaginable things happen that have no real explanation outside of there being a God. With that in mind, I feel a responsibility to understand what that means for me and how it might apply to the world around me. I think part of finding something is being willing to look for it, but to be open about it. Not in the sense of being ignorant or going out of my way to create something, but to genuinely understand.
Do you mind me asking, what kinds of things? Obviously, don’t feel obligated to go into further detail if you aren’t comfortable doing so.
I don't mind sharing, but I didn't want to go into too much detail and get ahead of anyone.
When I was a kid, I had to go to church every Sunday. As far as churches go, it was very dry is how they shared and preached. The people were friendly, but as a kid, it wasn't very appealing. But I remember even at that time, I had a perception of God and that He was there in some form, but not with an identity that I could fully understand as a child. As I got older, my dad came down with a very rare blood disorder. He was on blood transfusions, and wasn't given much time to live. He went to a clinic and received an experimental treatment, but the prognosis wasn't good. The doctors happened to be Christians and all they knew to try was to pray for him. By some miracle, or whatever you choose to call it, he made a rough, but full recovery and is still alive at age 75, which is some thirty-plus years later and no trace of the disease. I'll stop there for a minute so you can catch up, but that's not all of it.