Good News
It seems to be a common thing among believers in Jesus that initially, upon accepting Christ as Savior and Lord, one experiences a spiritual high, lots of joy, and a desire to share Him, but then after a few years that high wears off and we settle into a joyless Christian existence. I KNOW this should not be so. I've often wondered why it seemed so easy in college to be passionate for Jesus, to delight in learning about Him, and to grow in the knowledge of Him. My faith was fairly new, having come to know Christ in high school, then I found a lot of joy in knowing other believers in college and taking advantage of the wonderful Christian ministries like Campus Crusade and RUF to grow in knowledge. As life and pain and self has happened to me, this joy and passion has slowly ebbed away. It seems that for me, part of my problem has been something called orthopraxy. It's not knowledge of God or knowledge about Him, but knowing how He and His Word applies to everything that happ...