[babble alert...]
One thing I\'ve noticed about becoming Orthodox, is that much of what I had thought was important to the Christian life when I was Protestant is downplayed, and much of what I had overlooked is now prominent.
I used to think that fasting and prayer rules were rigid and confining. I used to think that telling my story, my personal experience and \'testimony\' was a good thing to do.
I no longer pray spontaneously, and when I find myself humming a praise chorus, I sometimes feel guilty. I admit that when I want to talk of something that I have learned recently, I pause to consider if I\'m feeding pride - and then I decide to keep silent because it seems safer.
Surely there must be a balance somewhere that I haven\'t found yet. Or maybe I shouldn\'t have said something about it.
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