- May 22, 2012
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So I'm 22. I'm young, everyone tells me I'm young, and I hardly feel like an adult. But I'm also expected to no longer act like a child and take responsibility for myself. Inevitably this means I get curious about the world, and want to experiment a little. Not like I want to do anything crazy, I don't want to "see the world" or go drinking or partying or whatever, just...mostly in my thought life, I guess? In the things I enjoy and consume. The ideas and concepts I consider.
I feel like this does negatively affect my spiritual life, sometimes. Being distracted by the things I'm exploring is more the issue, I guess. It was a bit easier to connect to God as a teen than it is these days. Not that I can't at all, it's just easier to lose sight than it used to be. (Not that it wasn't easy to do so before, though.) Now that I have the freedom to do what I want with my life, there's way more space to lose sight of what's important.
I feel like the songs Somewhere in the Middle and Altar and the Door by Casting Crowns pretty much describe me, spiritually. (Though, I've always related to them, and I was a teen when I first heard them.)
I feel like this does negatively affect my spiritual life, sometimes. Being distracted by the things I'm exploring is more the issue, I guess. It was a bit easier to connect to God as a teen than it is these days. Not that I can't at all, it's just easier to lose sight than it used to be. (Not that it wasn't easy to do so before, though.) Now that I have the freedom to do what I want with my life, there's way more space to lose sight of what's important.
I feel like the songs Somewhere in the Middle and Altar and the Door by Casting Crowns pretty much describe me, spiritually. (Though, I've always related to them, and I was a teen when I first heard them.)
