Thoughts
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Just thinking
It's been quite a long time since I wrote down my thoughts. I feel like I haven't done it seriously since highschool. Back then I would write about most religious topics, mainly because that is what I was really in to. I was "saved" as a 15 year old at Riverview Baptist church. When I look back on it I think it was mainly because my friends were all doing it and to impress some of the pretty girls that were at the church; but for some reason after I did it, I jumped in head first. There weren't many activities that I would pass up if they were available. I was at church every Sunday morning, night, and every Wednesday night as well. I was drinking in everything that was being taught to me, and was trying to change my morals and life to mimic the beliefs the church was instilling upon me. Then I got to college. I arrived at WBC with the intentions of being a Christian Ministries major, emphasizing in Missions. I began noticing quickly that things were going to be different. I would have to start learning for myself, rather than from the leaders of Riverview Baptist Church. This was a new thing for me, and since becoming a Christian the only knowledge I had received came directly from the church. I never got the opportunity to learn things for myself. Slowly but surely I started learning about Christianity for myself. The more I learned, the more I doubted, the more I doubted the further I fell, until I was in a state of disbelief. I no longer believed in something that I held so dear to me all throughout highschool. It was very difficult for some time. I begged and pleaded for something to click for me, but it never came. I became content with the fact that I just didn't know what to believe in. That contentment lasted for some time. It lasted until someone woke me up to the fact that I at least need to know what to believe in. Whether it be in God or something else, I can't just stay in the middle. Slowly but surely I am trying to figure it out. I cant say that I am leaning one way or another at the moment, but that is okay I think because at least I'm trying.
Maybe I'll do this again sometime. Cool huh?
Maybe I'll do this again sometime. Cool huh?
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