This isn’t a matter of Christian and non-Christian; the Self Life has a religious version. It gets irritated when a prayer time goes longer than we think it should, it feels wronged when church services run late, and it doesn’t particularly enjoy worship. The Self waits to be asked during small group how we are doing, and it feels righteously irritated when someone else takes too long talking about their life. The Self Life hasn’t given a thought about the return of Christ, because it’s totally focused on the here and now—making things work out now—and it’s quietly angry when people suggest
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