I only recently discovered you Alexandria and am already in awe of what you have accomplished in your short life. It’s fascinating for me - as a Christian - to read your article because it confirms what I saw glimpses of before in you. God is at work in you and through you to accomplish His great purpose. You have been chosen by Him - does that sound strange? This is why you have experienced recent spiritual stirrings.
The truth is we are living in a post-Christian world. Society has rejected the Christian understanding of good and evil and it has left us all morally and ethically bankrupt. Your incredible work that you have pioneered and will still pioneer will be enhanced by an injection of Godly love and care for humanity. As you embark on your spiritual quest I recommend that you explore wider than the Catholic Church - wonderful and inspiring as it is. I suggest you read the writings of CS Lewis - his books are still bestsellers 70 years after publication.
This is one of the things he wrote about your subject matter:
“Good and evil both increase at compound interest. That is why the little decisions you and I make every day are of such infinite importance. The smallest good act today is the capture of a strategic point from which, a few months later, you may be able to go on to victories you never dreamed of…”
I only recently discovered you Alexandria and am already in awe of what you have accomplished in your short life. It’s fascinating for me - as a Christian - to read your article because it confirms what I saw glimpses of before in you. God is at work in you and through you to accomplish His great purpose. You have been chosen by Him - does that sound strange? This is why you have experienced recent spiritual stirrings.
The truth is we are living in a post-Christian world. Society has rejected the Christian understanding of good and evil and it has left us all morally and ethically bankrupt. Your incredible work that you have pioneered and will still pioneer will be enhanced by an injection of Godly love and care for humanity. As you embark on your spiritual quest I recommend that you explore wider than the Catholic Church - wonderful and inspiring as it is. I suggest you read the writings of CS Lewis - his books are still bestsellers 70 years after publication.
This is one of the things he wrote about your subject matter:
“Good and evil both increase at compound interest. That is why the little decisions you and I make every day are of such infinite importance. The smallest good act today is the capture of a strategic point from which, a few months later, you may be able to go on to victories you never dreamed of…”