When I first heard about the Puritan system of choosing 'God's elect' based on a certain experience that we are reading about in The Crucible, it was easy for me to call it ridiculous. It seemed to me that any creative person could make up a story, and only the best liars would be invited to be 'one with God'.
So just a few days ago, I was driving along Lake Street, which, trust me, get's extremely crowded around 4 in the afternoon. Out of nowhere, a Lexus to my right swerved right into my lane, coming what must have been centimeters to hitting the front of my car, which would've caused me to veer into oncoming traffic. Startled out of my mind, I turned into a parking lot to let myself calm down. I decided that God had to have been watching over me. That was just so close!
It's not as if this was life changing enough for me to consider myself one with God, or decide to be a serious church goer, but this did make me feel a little bit more understanding for what the Puritans were saying. Perhaps when something happens that makes us feel the presence of God, we can't help but feel a little closer to Him. Could this perhaps be what they were getting at? Is it moments like these that get people to truly believe?
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