Hi Ray Carroll

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You sir, should have penned this post and not me. 

Yes, you have gotten at the heart of my poorly written, sarcastic post. I comment and write here and at times, I come across as a jerk. Know why? Because I can be. Because at the end of the day, all I have to offer God is my jerkiness. 

Anyway, back to your points, you are correct. How can we be sure of ourselves? That is one of the questions that has driven me since 1997. I believe that God has given us a way to know Him. I think there are times we get too comfortable and arrogant in our assumptions as well. I'm thankful for Provoketive for different viewpoints. It's helped challenge me. 

What I have to realize is that I am not the center of this universe. There have been days I was convinced I was. There are still days I still think I am. All of mankind, since our inception, is self-deceived. That is why we look to God for answers and not to ourselves. But we continually do so. Like you said, we have a need for certainty. Too often though, we find that certainty within us or within our self-realized ideas of who we have made God to be. 

It blows my mind every time I start thinking about this topic. When I start thinking about how wrong I am. About where my ideas come from. Then I become humbled and thank God for His Son. When it's all said and done, many days all I have is the resurrected Christ. And He is all I need. 

Wow. That was a blog post, I think.