As a fellow Christian I’d say you’re on the right track and I completely understand what you meant regarding god vs guns sentence. It’s more figurative than literal, and can only be said by someone who has gone through the inner cleansing of realizing his dependence on his own self, “self reliance,” which contains a lot of fear and pride. True faith is realizing we are never meant to have faith in ourselves. I have gone through similar changes. I can’t hold on too tightly to my prepper stash, or else it becomes my god because my fear runs the show. So I give my fear to God and now I’m not so scared anymore. Funny how that works! Life is peaceful when you trust God
As a fellow Christian I’d say you’re on the right track and I completely understand what you meant regarding god vs guns sentence. It’s more figurative than literal, and can only be said by someone who has gone through the inner cleansing of realizing his dependence on his own self, “self reliance,” which contains a lot of fear and pride. True faith is realizing we are never meant to have faith in ourselves. I have gone through similar changes. I can’t hold on too tightly to my prepper stash, or else it becomes my god because my fear runs the show. So I give my fear to God and now I’m not so scared anymore. Funny how that works! Life is peaceful when you trust God
Very nicely put.