I look back at how I was living my life before I uttered the words; "I need you to
             choose a book for me." I wondered why I was attending a church, and why I was a
             Christian. These somewhat perplexing questions made sense to me after reading In His
             Steps. I thought of it as just another book to read, but it was much more than that. It was
             an instrument that fulfilled your intentions of me examining my outlook on Christianity.
             You told me that the book portrayed the ideal life of a Christian and how one should have faith in God, despite of what may happen.
             At times the book was confusing to me. I didn't fully comprehend why people would do such things as the characters in this book would do. The pastor of the church of Raymond, Henry Maxwell, asked his church to take a pledge of faith and sincerity. He asked his church to pledge that they would ask Jesus what He would do in matters that they faced and dwell on the thoughts of being more like Christ. Henry believed that this is what God wanted, compelling him to go out on a limb, unsure of what the results would be and ask what would Jesus do? I understand that this is how I should act and I should question myself before I do things that may affect me as well as others such as judging someone by their outer appearance or emotionally hurting someone. It is hard to have the mindset of giving up things like watching 9 hours of TV or sleeping 15 hours a day and moving out of my comfort zone to imitate the steps of Jesus. Edward Norman gave up a traditional style of editing a newspap!
             er to have the paper glorify God. He lost many subscribers to the paper because he wouldn't print an article about a boxing match. Every other paper had a description about the fight and who won, except for Norman's. These people stood firm, and didn't turn their backs on their pledges.
             I don't have things in my life that I can question that could be so de...