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Have any of you ever had the same things come up over and over again in the course of a week? 

Because that's what happened to me.

Last Friday, at my youth group, we were talking about how you know you're going to heaven. It was all about how many people in the world think that they go to heaven based on their works, but in the Christian faith, it's the opposite--you get to heaven based on salvation and faith, and your works determine the rewards you will receive once you get to heaven.

And, come Monday, I was thinking about my boyfriend ([info]reixedyri for all of you that don't know him) and a conversation we had a few weeks ago. It was all about my post on... evangelism, I believe. He brought up a good point, about how he wished that we could get to heaven based on our works instead of believing in a certain god. I decided to write this down in a notebook, and the resulting explanation ended up being twelve pages. My friend, M, read it, and thought that it explained my point of view fairly well.

And guess what Pastor Charles Stanley was talking about In Touch, his TV show?

That's right--faith.

It wasn't exactly about why good people can't go to heaven and why only those who believe in the Christian god can go to heaven, but it was all about bearing the greatest burden--which was, of course, sin. It was about Jesus's role as a sin-bearer, and how to truly be free of the bondage of sin we must trust in the Lord to get  us through it. Why people can only get to heaven through faith was only a small part in his sermon, but it really struck a cord with me, just because I had just been talking and writing about it.

I find it interesting that on three different occasions, the same exact thing came up and really impacted me in a way it wouldn't have had it only come up once.

It just goes to show that God brings things into our lives for a reason, doesn't it?

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Apr. 8th, 2008 03:15 pm
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I want to write.

For the past couple weeks, I haven't been writing much--unless a boring Dust Bowl research paper/newspaper article and schoolwork counts. I did write about half of my Hannah Montana fanfic (don't ask, my family is obsessed with Disney shows and I watch them more often than I know what to do with) but, considering it's not the pairing I like and I've been busier than usual lately, I haven't really wanted to start work on the next chapter, even though I should.

I have, however, been toying with the idea of writing a Tribulation story--sort of like in the vein of the Left Behind series, but with my own sort of spin on it. It might not be very good, but I've been very interested in the Rapture, particularly those people left behind, and I might try my hand at it. It might not be a novel--considering I already have two in the works, one that I need to start expanding on as soon as I get the first "short" draft back--but it's going to be at least a one-shot/vignette sort of thing. It might just touch on the disappearances themselves, from a Christian and nonChristian point of view, and if I decide to expand on it later, I'll do so.

If I ever get around to writing it, though, I'll be sure to post a link here. Even though some people who read this might not want to read it, because it will be quite Christian-oriented, and I would prefer it muchly if non-Christians wouldn't... well, bash isn't the right word, but if they would simply look at the writing quality instead of the views of the writer. Even though I would muchly enjoy it if someone got that message and wanted to take it up with me, because I'm more than willing to take with anyone, so long as it doesn't dissolve into a debate. I enjoy explaining my beliefs to people, but not in a debate, if that makes any sense.

But anyway.

I currently have two--three, like I said--novels in the works: Yulian, the first novel idea that I actually came up with, which I enjoy a lot, As One Love, my NaNo from this past year that I've been working on in pieces over the past months, even though it's sort of on hold, and Title Withheld, a short story I wrote for English class that is set in the land of Yulian that I will most likely end up expanding.

So, the question is: Which one should I start once more?

Yulian is the one I should probably work on, because it's the first novel I want to get published, but As One Love is the longest. I can't yet start Title Withheld until I get the first compressed version back, which should hopefully be soon.

Of course, I can always start something else, like the Rapture story, or a fanfic, or an original story... but I don't know what.

Any suggestions?

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