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Rejecting Your Views of Christian Salvation

And articulating my own

One of the conversations I avoid but would like to be able to handle better is the one about salvation, whether or not I’ve accepted Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior. I have close relatives who claim to be saved and have made it their duty to save as many unsaved loved ones as possible so that we will spend eternity in the afterlife. I journaled about a conversation with a very close relative who asked about the state of my spiritual life as she drove me to the airport. I gave this entry the title “An Annoying Conversation.”

“What do you mean?”

“Do you have a relationship with God? Do you pray to him? Do you seek His guidance? Do you feel like you have a friend in Him?

“Sure, yeah.”

Silence, then she breaks it by saying, “Are you ready for eternity?”

Trying to evade this question, I answer, “I guess.”