I have no idea when this journey started or what it will look like in the end, but something is moving, changing, shifting in my soul. It's a shift in my beliefs, my faith. Not in my core, not the "who" of who I am, but more the "what" of what I believe. For a tongue talking, conservative Christian in the deep south, this is a big deal. I've been out of church for at least 2 years and I'm just now feeling a yearning to return. Maybe I needed this time to find my faith, my REAL faith. Not the faith forced on me, but a faith I choose. A faith that fully believes the Bible, but also understands it was written by men and those men had agendas A faith that understands the old testament was given to a single nation. Israel. And the new testament was given to the WORLD. To me. My faith that can accept it's ok to have your own thoughts on a subject, even when the entire church says those thoughts are wrong. Here it is, my evolving faith. It's flawed, ...
Sometimes it's crazy. Sometimes it's calm.