Re: weakening faith
quote: Originally posted by YaaMaKoh
i still remember when i was a little boy... so damn innocent. my faith in god was amazing, i didn't know anything else in the world except god. i used to pray every night, "dear god, please when i leave this earth, let me join you in heaven" everynight i used to pray that. used to pray about cleansing my sins everyday... two times a day. in my opinion, i think that when everybody is younger, we are similar versions to adam and eve before they have bitten the apple, completely oblivous to our surroundings. our mind has not been filled with information yet, and therefore being immature. i guess that as we grow older our mind "grows." we start to regard, put aside our faiths because we have something else rather than god. computers, t.v, boyfriend/girlfriend, going out wit friends, mall, sports, school etc. these petty minor things that interfere with our relationship with god. "oh i don't need him, i have better things to do, ill pray later, im not going to church today... too tired, too busy" i haven't had a real relationship with god in such a long time, and in reality it seems as i don't even need him. i can feel my faith weakening, deteriorating to the point where its impossible to recieve it back. i have so much in my mind, so much stress, going crazy sometimes, instead of turning to god id rather turn to computers, friends, going outside, and instead of using faith id use logic. sometimes i question the meanings of god and his teachings, but i know the bible is correct... i just can't get it into my mind and heart . . . soul .. i try praying sometimes, and it feels as though i cant communicate with him anymore... like he just left me, i guess im not trying hard enough, or like i said ... lack in faith.
Deuteronomy 31:8
The LORD himself goes before you and will be with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged."
Remember he is there when you least expect it. If you feel that he has left you, remember that he hasn't. It's not a matter of feeling it. It's a matter of believing it.
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