From what I understand, this is a classic, stereotypical scenario. But I ended up having an hour-long conversation with this guy on my plane. He was actually on both my flights back from NYC. He was already a Christian, but it was great just to go through everything and see if we were on the same page... which we were. We talked a lot about abstract concepts, such as, is there really a fiery Hell or is it more like eternal separation from God. We also talked about predestination vs free will and how it's some mix of the two, working together, but who can really understand God and how that works? I recommended Wild At Heart to him and he recommended Green for Life to me, which is a book that helped him fight his depression with naturally-derived substances/herbs (which he claimed helped him a lot.) I was a bit skeptical but this guy seemed really convinced. He was in his 40's and claimed it had worked for him, so I guess I might give it a try someday soon... if only because he promised to check out Wild at Heart. He seemed really intrigued by it.
That's a brief summary of what we talked about... I'm sure I left a ton of stuff out. But he was impressed that I care so much about evangelism and I think that we both came away from it encouraged as Christians. It was like God took me and just said "George you don't have to fear cause everything you learned in New York is gonna stay with you the rest of your life. Look, you even shared with a guy on the plane!" It was like an affirmation of everything I learned.
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I just want you guys to know... I know that I sometimes write stuff in my blog that is a bit hard to decipher exactly where I'm coming from, especially when it comes to depression. I just hope you understand that I'm not criticizing those who take medication for it as being weak because some people kinda think that's what I'm saying, but I'm not. I'm just trying to see if I can get rid of my symptoms by resolving the huge underlying problems in my life before I try out any medicine. I hope that's understandable. Please consider it an apology for any misunderstanding.
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