trip to Walmart
Today I was giving Levi a ride to the village, and we decided to go to Walmart. I had something to take back and he wanted to buy something. Somehow we got on the subject of weds night's classes being canceled, I asked him where he got the email from that said that they were canceled, and I told him that I didn't receive such an email. He gave a hard time (I think that's what he was doing, it's hard to understand what he's feeling sometimes) for not believing him, since he told me. We got into a discussion about believing something when people tell you. He told me that if I told him something, he would believe me since we have a common faith in Christ and we believe that if something happened our souls would be resting in the same place tomorrow. That's almost a direct quote. I told him, probably because I wanted to cover for myself, that my dad does it to my mom all the time. We're both 'have-to-see-it-for-ourselves kind of guy. He just laughed and said what kind of trust does your dad have. I then tried to explain, that if there was some mistake, I would seem to be irresponsible by not checking it myself. At least, I think- I would certainly feel that way. But he made his point.
And it got me to thinking- he was right. I didn't believe him. And it just got me thinking about faith and taking something at the word of the being that sent it to you- it's not as easy as it sounds. We all want signs, we all want to see it for ourselves. I always want to see something to analyze it for myself. And sometimes, like kids, we ask the why question.
And it got me to thinking- he was right. I didn't believe him. And it just got me thinking about faith and taking something at the word of the being that sent it to you- it's not as easy as it sounds. We all want signs, we all want to see it for ourselves. I always want to see something to analyze it for myself. And sometimes, like kids, we ask the why question.