sorry it's been sucha long time since i've really updated this old bird. but i'm here now. and here is my first REAL post in a long long time-

a couple weeks ago at church there was this baby being baptized. this kid screamed and screamed for the entire ceremony like it was fire they were bathing his head in. the entire congregation thought this was really funny, but i, being me looked past the humour into it and came up with a religiously philsophical analysis of the situation (if i'm not being to brash). the way i saw it. that little boy (andrew i think his name was) represented every person who is denying spirituality in there life. he complained and groaned. but the fact of the matter was, he didn't know what he was crying about he was just scared because everything was new and different. he was so concentrated on his own discomfort that he never realized the love that was emanating from that entire congregation. much in the way that nonreligious people never look for whatever it is truly spiritual people find so...redeeming. but when the pastor took this child into his arms and shushed him gently the baby grew quiet and began to listen. in both a phsical and symbolic aspect the pastor WAS the holy ghost or it's counterpart if u're not a christian. once the baby was calmed down the pastor reached in to the holy water and simply dipped his hand in and touched the childs forehead. that's all it takes. it doesn't take much to make god a part of you only a gesture of warmth and compassion. as soon as andrew had been anointed with the holy water he began crying all over again. this was the most signifcant part of the spectacle to me. we are all human. no matter how much the spirit of god is in us. we still make human mistakes. for that reason alone our jesus died for us. but many of us forget he did not only die for us but he died BECAUSE of us as well. because we are human he gave his life and we took his life from him. Andrew although was still a christian was first a human. and as a humandid not fully recognize what was done to him and for him that sunday morning.

  posted by Unknown @ 7:59 ip.