Comments | emilie1024: Faith

emilie1024

Faith

Mar 13, 2011 13:36

I grew up in a Christian household, but I never attended church. I was sick with asthma all the time as a child (much like I am now). One of those many nights in the ER I came to know Jesus. I'm not sure exactly what transpired, I can't remember exactly, but when you're facing death as a child you begin to see things very clearly. In addition ( Read more... )

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nathanomir March 13 2011, 20:44:33 UTC

Wow! I applaud your fortitude and determination to keep trying. Experiences like yours is why about half of American Christians no longer attend church. Between disgust and PTSD they just can't.

emilie1024 March 17 2011, 23:13:06 UTC

I was told by a professor once in Christian studies that the church is not a fun playground. I just think I got a worse end of it than most. But my faith stayed with me despite how angry I was at the church in general. I know that I'm still dealing with that or I would be willingly going to church every week...it's easy to make excuses. I'm trying to overcome that. I've found a lot of friendly people at the Bible study which is really almost a service in itself. We sing and pray before the study and then my pastor elaborates as we read. We've only gone 3 times and it's been very eye-opening.