Spiritual Type Test
I love taking "quizzes" that might reveal glimpses of truth about myself. I don't know why, but I have always found that I find great entertainment out of it... whether it be "spiritual gifts" or "personality" or whatever!

So I followed a link to this one. Spiritual Type Test

Keep in mind, it's just for fun, and I had fun. I took it twice, because there was one question that I could have gone with either answer, and that one question changed the outcome of what I am. And reading the two, I think I am definitely a blend of the two types:

"You are a Lover, a feeling type, whose spirituality comes primarily from the heart or emotions. You value freedom, independence, and spontaneity. Along with your gift of enthusiasm, you show us how to have fun and appreciate beauty. More than any other type, you know how to experience joy. This puts you in a unique position to experience God in the moment, to revel in what is happening around you, and to be in the present tense.
To Lovers, God is a nurturing parent. Prayer for you is often extemporaneous, speaking to God about what is on your heart at the moment. Music moves you deeply; so does heartfelt preaching and worship. You believe that real faith must be shared. Consequently, many Lovers are interested in missions or in spreading the Gospel through the media. You are passionate about holy living.

On the other hand, a Lover's impulsive behavior can get you in trouble. You sometimes focus on satisfying immediate desires to the detriment of investing in longer term needs. You have been known to exude a "holier-than-thou" attitude toward other spiritual types. That does not endear you to us. Guard against thinking that to be right everyone else must share a spiritual experience similar to yours. You also may need permission to acknowledge anger, disappointment, sadness, and doubt, and to allow yourself to be less than ideal. "


or

"You are a Sage, characterized by a thinking or head spirituality. You value responsibility, logic, and order. Maybe that's why you were voted "Most Dependable" by your high school classmates. Structure and organization are important to you. What would the world be like without you? Chaos, that's what! Your favorite words include should, ought, and be prepared. What makes you feel warm and fuzzy? Like Tevye from Fiddler on the Roof it's tradition! tradition! tradition!
Because you love words, written or spoken, you enjoy a good lecture, serious discussions, and theological reflection. Prayer for you usually is verbal. You thrive on activity and gatherings of people, such as study groups. Sages on retreat likely would fill every day with planned activities, leaving little time for silence or solitude.

We need Sages for your clear thinking and orderly ways. You pay attention to details that others overlook. Sages make contributions to education, publishing, and theology. You often are the ones who feel a duty to serve, give, care, and share with the rest of us.

On the other hand, sometimes you seem unfeeling, too intellectual, or dry. Can you say "dogmatic"? You may need to experience the freedom of breaking a rule or two every now and then. God's grace covers Sages too, you know!"


I don't know if one is more "me" than the other, and they seem contradictory to each other... then again, I am self-contradictory as a person.

Prayer Commitment and Response to CCF

Last night when I was writing my blog post, God was really working on stirring my heart again toward a passion for the lost and dying of the earth. I am literally surrounded with people who don't know Him. We are cozy on the bus to class, we jostle backpacks in the doorways, I pass at least a few hundred people every day in "Red Square" on campus. But I don't DO anything. I am not radically in love with Christ by my actions. I don't even wear t-shirts with Christian logos on it for fear of being associated with the Christian subculture I so disdain. (I probably won't ever wear t-shirts like that... partly because I just don't wear t-shirts. haha)

I went to Campus Christian Fellowship tonight, a ministry that has become home to me this year in a way that I wasn't at home anywhere last year. I am loved there regardless of anything. Tonight was an unusual night for our meeting though.
We are a very large ministry, meeting in the biggest lecture hall on campus, and filling it to overflowing at that. There are a few hundred students that come on a weekly basis, I don't know what the numbers are. But we're big, yet I don't feel lost and alone. It is pretty easy to meet people there, and they're pretty visible on campus. Sooo....

Tonight Brady, our college pastor, showed a slideshow he does every other year about how the ministry started. To make a long story short, he was a student here in 1969, was saved here at Western, and he, with 6 other guys, started meeting and praying and it grew and grew over the years. The coolest part is that these men and women in the history of "my" ministry were not afraid to step out on faith and make their faith known, even in the middle of our country's (and my school's!) "hippiest" years. They met (and still meet) on Fridays because before they were saved, those were the nights they devoted most to darkness. I love that philosophy - battle darkness with light. And there is a light in CCF. It's not perfect. I would do things differently if I had control. But I learn there. God grows me there.

A huge influence in the beginning of the ministry was a little 90 year old woman, "Ma" Hadley, who had prayed for my campus for 10 years throughout the 60's. And look how God has answered her faithful prayers! Hundreds, maybe thousands, of people have come to Christ through this ministry that now reaches out to the community in many ways, including mission trips across the country and world, elderly ministries, and much more.

The point I'm attempting to reach is this:
Through this desire to reach the lost and see a revival of spiritual life occur at Western, God brought to the forefront of my mind a thought I buried last quarter because I didn't want to make the commitment. I can't bury it anymore.

I am committing to having a prayer time in our community building here in my apartment complex every weekday at 7 am. I thought about having it less often, but I really want to have others come, and I dont want to forget myself.

I know there are creative ways to bring God's truth to my very dark campus, ways I could never dream of yet, if I only have the boldness to follow where He leads. I hope He leads in spectacular places, as He always does, and that I have the courage to pick up my cross and trail behind Him. Prayer is the most effective way to start. I want to hear His voice, and I want to be a light in my community.