"Saved"

I haven't posted in a couple of days because GOD has been hard at work in my life. As a result, I find myself more excited and anticipative about what lies ahead than I have been in a long, long time. This morning I was saved.

I recall a comment recently blanket posted by a rather zealous Christian across xangas associated with a spiritual themed blogring. In it tyler_is_not_important used the usual fundamentalistic lexicon about the need to be saved and the necessity of inviting Jesus into my heart as my personal savior in order to share in the redemptive/salvific benefits of the cross. There are committed christians everywhere who can time, date and circumstance stamp the moment each was "saved."

I believe whole-heartedly that Jesus was more than a mere historical figure and that his life and teachings draw us closer into the experience of GOD than was available to man before him. That in Jesus GOD took on our humanity, walked in our shoes and embraced the totality of our human experience, including the warts, flaws and cracks - even suffering and death - is what the incarnation is all about. I believe there is redemptive value to the life of Jesus and that the more intimately one enters into a relationship with him the richer the level of meaning and purpose his or her life can acquire. I believe that any salvific value to the passion, death and resurrection of Jesus, i.e "the cross," is a matter of grace and therefore subject to GOD's rules rather than man's. Given the countless ways and ceaseless efforts of the Creator throughout history to reach out to the created in search of a relationship and the myriad ways the created have found to turn away is a testament to the immensity and generosity of GOD's grace.

I guess this all boils down to my feeling "saved" by GOD many times - today included - and I can only hope there are many more! I woke up this morning keenly aware that GOD had a special task in mind and had chosen me to carry it out - to write a book GOD wants written! Thinking I was just going to sleep in on a lazy Saturday morning, when I awoke my mind was too busy with the flood of inspiration and ideas that danced within it. I have long felt that writing was to be a part of who or what I am all about and this morning GOD put his stamp of approval on it. Oh how good it is to feel that you have a special purpose, that what you have been chosen to do is vitally important and that GOD is at your side to give you whatever it takes to bring it all to fruition! Today I feel... "saved!"

And may all of you too be "saved," finding yourselves called to a special purpose only you can fulfill!

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