Indifference

I thought of this quote today, which I saw on Poster Child 4 Grace.

The opposite of love is not hate, it is indiffernce.

Indifference is the Nothing in The Neverending Story. It is not a hole, it is not empty space, it is just nothing. It can be compared to David and Saul - Saul, who was at best utilitarian toward God; David who was passionate in both his affection for and his disagreements with Almight God. You can liken it to the church in Revelation, which was neither hot nor cold; one or the other would be okay, but the neutrality of lukewarmness was nausaeting.

Indifference is living death, because you don't even care enough to respond. The lowest moments in my spiritual life are not when I am very angry at God, but when that anger settles into a "whatever, it doesn't matter" attitude. While you seethe at God, at least you acknowledge His role. When you become indifferent, you reach the point of reducing Him to irrelevance. That is dangerous.