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Friday, May 03, 2002
I received this mass e-mail from my brother:
Hello, everybody. I'm sorry to take up your time with my little gripe, but I do have something to say, which will be relevant to you even if you don't know me. I get forwards all the time, most of which I discard without reading. Occassionally I look at one when it has something about God in the subject line. And it's usually the same garbage. Not the stuff about God, but the stuff where people are trying to defend Him or stick up for Him or whatever. And it's really pointless, guys. No matter how much we believe in Him, or do things for Him, say for instance forward an e-mail to all our friends, most of whom might not even care and will probably delete the forward without reading it; despite all that, God doesn't need our defense. He doesn't even need our belief. He appreciates it, of course, as some of us know by the way He blesses us. However, He needs nothing from us. He doesn't ask us to prove His existence to other people or start massive e-mail campaigns to change the world (which is really funny, because they CAN'T). He appreciates the good intentions, I'm sure, but they do nothing for Him, actually, and they waste time and make people look stupid. I like the fact that someone cared enough about me to send me this; that is wonderful. But actually I already deleted the forwarded text and I can't remember what it said. But I'll say this: I have nothing to prove. Neither does God. He is. He is who He is. That's even His name: Yah'Weh, "I Am." And really, electronic mail has so little bearing on the spiritual realm that it is ridiculous to use it this way. If you have a passion for making a difference in the world, turn your computer off and go outside. Do something out there, that's where I'll be in a minute. I only visit this shadow world of cyberspace for the convenience it affords in communicating. But I cannot live out my life as a Christian here. Neither can any of you. Electronic crusades are invisible and ineffective.
There, I've wasted enough of your time. But I tell you this because I care about you all and know that you want to do what is good, what He wants. I just think you're all a little misguided. God Bless,
Se7en Garwood
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