Whatif I get started on a blog, and just write and write until I have a book? That would be cool, except, you'd probably get bored and quit reading. That'd be sad, except, I'm not really writing for you...I'm writing for me, so it wouldn't matter...and then I'd have a book. And that would be cool.

Anyway...some thoughts regarding belief and experience. A friend asked me what my beliefs were on a certain subject, and followed by asking what my experience was on the same subject. That got me wondering, should the two things be different...can they be different? We were communicating via e-mail, so I carefully formulated my answer. Tell me what you think.

Interesting thought. If my belief and my experience are not the same then something must be wrong. I have a new thing I've been saying lately, which may or may not be true. It goes like this. TRUTH + FAITH = EXPERIENCE. I believe that Jesus is the TRUTH. If what I believe is not quite the truth, then I will not experience what I believe to be true. Also, if the truth is the TRUTH but I don't quite believe it, then also, I will not experience that truth. If either of these two things are in error...I will not experience the true life of Christ. This seem right to me, but it may not be true...I'm learning.