Hey Dani. I just want to say--wow, a girl after my own heart. It's so...awesome to see Christians who are actually "followers of Christ" and not just "Christians" by religion or family tradition or whatever. Dude, I agree with everything you said in this, you think like I do! That's so awesome!

I grew up in a Christian home, both my parents grew up not Christian and ended up at the same church, got saved, fell in love, bata bing bata bing--there I was.

I went to school in a private Christian school, I didn't know anyone except family member who weren't Christians, I lived in a happy bubble of bible verses and intense prayer time among eight-year olds. While I don't think those years were any less real than what I have right now, I know there's a HUGE difference between a "religion of your parents" and a faith--a real, you know, choice, existence, path that you're following of your own accord and by your own discoveries. I guess when I entered the mainstream world of tv, violence, cussing teens and public school mayhem, I really got tested and shaken up. I got redefined, I had to rebuild everything I'd been taught upon my own belief system and my own, personal faith.

But even with our different beginnings you and I sound a lot alike.

Dude, I'd love to talk to you sometime, or just chat or something about God, or whatever you know, I'm cool and stuff. I've been having some hard times in a way just because I've been sort of out touch with things but I want to refocus on God a bit, especially with the school year about to start (Junior year--ugh). I'm going to really need him.

Send me a message or something sometime! Seriously--I'd love it.

Anyway, rock on.

--LaughingRain, still raining, still laughing.

Posted: Aug 18, 2008