Editing Paavo Ruotsalainen (section)

==Religious views==
Born in Tölvänniemi (now a part of [[Lapinlahti]]) as the oldest son of plain farmers, he received his first [[Bible]] at age six. At the time of his confirmation he had already read it three times. His preoccupation with the words of the Bible gained him the nickname ''foolish Paavo''. When he heard about the lay pastor Jakob Högman in [[Jyväskylä]], he immediately walked the 200&nbsp;km to Jyväskylä in the winter of 1799. This visit laid the foundation of his religious life.

Jakob Högman was known as an avid reader of a revivalist devotional booklet "Kallis Hunajan Pisara" ("The Choice Drop of Honey").<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kirjasilta.net/wilcox/choice/choice.html|title=A Choice Drop of Honey|website=www.kirjasilta.net}}</ref> He gave Ruotsalainen a copy of the book which remained important to Paavo throughout his life. Högman illustrated to Paavo that there was one thing of utmost importance he was missing, so Högman said to Paavo:{{quote|"One thing you lack, though, and with it everything else: the inner feeling of [[Christ]]."<ref>Teologinen Aikakauskirja  2012:1. (in Finnish)</ref>}}
[[Image:Paavon pirtti.JPG|thumb|250px| The original homestead of Paavo Ruotsalainen in Aholansaari, [[Nilsiä]]]]