Phoenix: Arisen from the Ashes of Change.

There's something about the ordinary that I've never liked. I've tried to be like everyone else and it just didn't feel right. Seeing things like everyone else is so...boring. Change is something that has always made me....well.....me. I've never tried to make up for it. You either like it or you don't. I've gotten used to the response being the later.

If everything about me is different then why should it be a surprise that my beliefs aren't of the typical nature. I thought that I was the only person to look at my faith in this way, but I'm actually not as unique as I thought I was.

I was going crazy thinking that no one thinks the way I do. That everyone is a brick when it comes to Christianity. Apparently I am not the only spring! (To get it you have to read Velvet Elvis by Rob Bell).

I was looking up some new books a few days ago, and read a publishers synopsis of Velvet Elvis. It intrigued me and I was able to read the first few pages, and I felt that I could really relate to the book. I haven't started it yet, but I can't wait!!

It was so refreshing to know that I'm not alone in the way I'm thinking. Some people call it Post Modern Christianity. Others refer to it as The Emerging Conversation or Emerging Christianity. Whatever you want to call it...... I like the thought behind it and I like it.

Now don't judge me as some hardcore radical who's going to be protesting against modern Christianity as we know it. I don't think the way things are isn't wrong. I just think there's more. I just get worried because I don't think people really think about their beliefs and faith. The just follow blindly and go with it.

I don't want to limit God to just what we know about Him. I want to love Him and experience personally.... not through someone else's words that can't come close to His Majesty....

While the Bible is a good source in all, but I'd rather choose to let my experiences with Christ help me to make wise choices. I allow his spirit to convict me. That's all I need. I don't need someone else telling me what I should feel or do. I live by free will and I'm convicted by God. Everything else is just extra.

Sometimes I think more people need to focus on the source of our faith, which is God and nothing else. Let's go back to keeping it simple. Here's a simple summary of what I believe.

Forget all the rules, all the extra stuff, focus on the source. God. The only thing you need besides Jesus' loving grace is faith. Nothing else....Nothing else......