Things are so much easier when dealing with clearly-defined blacks and whites. Gray is so messy...

I want to believe in absolutes. I want to believe that there is One Truth, and One Way, and nothing else is "true."

I want to believe that the way God speaks to me is the exact same way He speaks to everyone who is a believer. I want to believe that the things i am convinced are wrong truly are wrong for everyone else, too. I want everyone to believe and think the same way i do.

funny how that last line almost fits naturally in the progression of those thoughts. When i realize that i'm thinking that, it shocks me. Love does not think that way. I am not called to think that way... and yet, pop Christianity almost funnels us into that vein of thinking.

There are some issues that i'll be dealing with in the near future that are a matter of conviction... a matter of spiritual maturity. I want people to see things the way i do, to agree with my perspective on scripture and make the same decisions i have. However, isn't it extremely presumptuous of me to expect the Spirit to move someone else's heart the same way He's moved mine?

I have to find a way to make what, to me, serves as an absolute, act as an absolute for someone who might not share the same perspective of Christ and His commandments. anyone reading this could kindly pray for this situation... pray that God will be glorified by how love is acted out in this.