He's surely alive!

As long as today has felt (it really hasn't been that long--I was out of class at 12!), but as long as it has felt, I have to reflect on the hour or so of quiet time that I did have to chill out in my best friend's room and watch God's Not Dead. How inspiring.

Truly, I mean, if you, me, whoever were all in a classroom like that where on the first day we were told to confess in writing that God is in fact dead or prove otherwise... what would we do? Stand up to the professor and prove his wrong way of thinking? Spend way too many hours researching in order to prove scientists' theory wrong? "Break-up" with a special someone because they didn't agree with or go along with your attempt to prove faith over philosophy? Teach the class your findings on faith rather than the teacher teaching against faith?

Quite frankly, I wish all of us could easily answer yes, yes and yes to all of those questions, but in all honestly.... no, we probably wouldn't stand up to our professor (are you kidding, really? stand up to a professor? no way! at least not *out loud* in front of the class, on the *very first* day of class) We also wouldn't stay up later and ditch other classes homework just to research for the sake of proving that God is in fact alive. As college students, just like Josh in the movie, I bet 9 out of 10 of us would most certainly not leave a significant other just because of this one disagreement, not like he did anyway at the first sign of unlikeness. Finally, as meek, nervous college freshman we dang sure don't plan on teaching the class how or what we think! (i came here to be taught, not to teach!)

Okay... so what if we did do all of those things.... even as hard as it would be... to stand up, possibly risking admission into law school like Josh.... what a wonderful sight that would be. The truth is, both me and you alike, as Christians are called to be bold. 1 Corinthians 13:16 says this, "be on your guard. stand firm in the faith. be brave be strong."

Be bold. - GODS NOT DEAD!