Who knows me personally knows how much I love the hippie lifestyle/way of thinking (minus the drug part). My last post was written out of passion, confusion, and questions. I never said what I exactly believed, I was just questioning what I grew up believing and hearing my whole life. I certainly was not questioning my faith, I just had a hard time trying to understand in my little human mind who God is and WHY He allows some things. God has a to strong of a hold on me for me to ever question my faith. I just have a hard time excepting the fact that I do not know everything and some questions about God will be left unknown until the day I get to meet Him. But I still strive to know Him more and more and by doing that, I will often question things.
As far as the hippie lifestyle/way of thinking, I love the way they look at things. I love that they are so free spirited and that ultimately all they want is world peace and for everyone to love one another. I wish our world could have that way of thinking, but reality is, that will never happen. Evil exist and bad things will happen. My heart cries out for these things that happen in our world. In my last post, I simply asked the questions; why me? why them? why you? why not him or her or them? Why do these people grow up in such unfortunate situations where it becomes almost impossible for them to come to know God? I had to come to an understanding that everything that happens, happens to ultimately glorify God. There is a reason why some people were born into a christian family where knowing God was so easy for them. There is a reason why some kids are born into an abusive household where God seemed so far away. Our job as Christians is to reach out and be the hands and feet to everyone we meet. God puts us in different situations in life to better glorify Him and His kingdom.
I found this video on the very talented singer/songwriter Shawn McDonald. After watching his story, you will see that he did not grow up in the ideal family. He is a testimony to being in the most unfortunate situations and coming out of it and becoming a man of God. I hope his story touches your heart as it does mine.
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