tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2253529165034405240.post-41245465603719902472008-04-30T10:44:00.000-04:002008-04-30T10:44:00.000-04:00"I am a Christian because I have seen the love of God lived out in the lives of people who know Him. The Word has become flesh and I have encountered God in the people who have manifested (in many "unreasonable" ways) His Presence; a Presence that is compelling.<BR/><BR/>I am a Christian, not because someone explained the nuts and bolts of Christianity to me, be because there were people who were willing to be the nuts and bolts, who through their explanation of it, held it together so that I could experience it and be compelled by it to obey. "If I be lifted up," Jesus said, "I will draw all men unto me."<BR/>-Rich Mullins, Spring 1991katdishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09210738418270395622noreply@blogger.com