I understand that it is dangerous to extract "wisdom" from certain books other than the Bible to add to one's philosophy; it has been especially said for the Star Wars franchise, because of the eastern religion being taught - yet I could not help but understand more of myself in relation to God by reading "Traitor" which is the, oh I don't know, tenth book in the series Star Wars: The New Jedi Order. The whole book is about Jacen Solo and his journey to find out more about himself, and truths in embracing "the Force" as a Jedi. It wasn't so much Jacen's teaching that "enlightened" me, but the teaching of Jacen's impromptu (this could take more explaining than I want) master Vergere. okay so maybe I can't right now think of the concrete connection between Christianity and Star Wars that I was thinking about earlier... a lightbulb sort of clicked on in my head in Jacen's whole pondering of what is the dark side and what is a Jedi and on and on... and I just got to thinking: we as Christians are both heros and villains (this might sound elementary and borderline on from here on out, but it's a new spin I believe I've learned). You see, lately I've just been beating myself over the head wondering how God could use me, how could He accept me because of the sin that seems to never be avoided. Realization: because of the Holy Spirit inside of me, I have the will to do good although I struggle with evil. It is not solely the actions that make you good or evil - it is the driving force that causes you to make those actions. Granted, we being humans are naturally pathetic-enduring-righteous-doers; but God welcomes us back because of our faith in Him, He sees our potential for greatness...

that is only a half-breaths version of what I wanted to say... I don't know if it made sense or if it is doctrinally sound... but it did help me finish off a poem I've been meaning to write.

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