God's Not Dead

Typically, I am not the type of person to really preach and share my beliefs. But as of recently, I've felt this pull, this inexplicable anxiety, like an electricity buzzing through my veins or ants crawling under my skin. It's like I'm being pulled toward something that I am completely unsure of, but trust completely.

I believe that God was, is, and always will be the one true Savior and that Jesus Christ is his son, who died on a cross so that we could live. I believe that He has a plan for each and every one of us that He will reveal with time.

I suffered in my own ways a lot growing up. But even when my prayers consisted of a lot of "why" and "please help me", He has slowly but surely answered my very childish questions. I am constantly learning why I went through the things that I went through, why I had to end the things I ended, and why I am on the path I am today. It's a constant journey until that day that I leave this very temporary life behind and join the eternal life in heaven.

Now would you look at that? I've become all preachy and I've never been like that before in my life. But my faith is simple. I believe that God made every one of us in the likeness of him and that we are all equally valuable and loved. I just finished watching God's Not Dead and I feel yet again like I've been renewed. There are so many lessons in that movie, I can hardly wrap my head around half of them. But my favorite is the following.

The professor in the movie claims to be an atheist. He argues against a Christian in the class and tells him that God is dead. But the boy follows the voice of God and comes up with an impeccable argument. He pushes and pushes until the professor breaks and says how much he hates God.

If he hates God, God must exist.

I'm not saying it's that simple. Not everyone is like this professor. And I never want to offend those who don't believe. I am an equalist; I believe that we were given the gift of free will because we are all able to choose if we believe or not. There is no right or wrong answer. But God does exist. There is no doubt of that in my mind. If we choose to believe it, it's the greatest blessing we will ever have. If we choose not to believe, it's just that...a choice.

I am no expert. If anything, I am just taking my very first wobbly baby steps in my faith journey. I am learning. I am working hard. I am trying to remain as humble as I can. It is not going to be a small task. But I finally feel like I'm starting to figure some things out.

And it's incredible.