Sunday, December 9, 2012

Loosing my faith

     I didn't mean to loose my faith in god it happened without me even realizing it.  I grew up in a high control religion.  A few months shy of  my thirtieth birthday, I began to have douts about organized religion, especially the group I belonged to.  I tried to do various things in order to find spirituality.  For example, I visited some other churches, I tried to read the Bible, and I have done lots of talking with people of various beliefs.

     Unfortunatly, I still lost my faith.  Religion bothers me.  Some things just don't make sense to me.  Like, is my salvation based on my birth?  Just because I was born in a Christian country and I was raised in a Christian religion, does that mean I am automatically saved?  What if I were born in a totally different continent and was raised to believe not in Christ but something or someone else?  Does that mean I would have no chance to be saved from gods wrath?

     I continue going to religious meetings whith in the organization I grew up in.  It's hard for me to let what I'm used to go.  It's hard for me to disappoint my family,  I know they will be if I told them I was done with religion.  But my faith is gone, and I do want to find it again. But this time, I want my faith to be between god and myself, no religion envolved.  So I will say a prayer:

           "God, please help me find my faith again, please grant me wisdom and understanding in order to find my way.  I want to love you, and appreciate all you have done for me.  I want to give back and do good in the world.  I want you to open my eyes and have me see the ways I can do this.  Please god, please restore my faith."

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