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I feel lately that I am a fake Christian. I say I believe in Jesus, God, etc., but I just am not very knowledgable about Christianity on the whole. All I know is, when I'm talking to God, or the few times I go to church, I am very happy, because I do know that God and Jesus love me. And my family - they all believe and everything, we're just not the most religious people, I guess. But I realize that we need to truly accept Jesus into our hearts in order to enter Heaven, and I don't even feel truly like I've done that yet. I've never brought it up with my family, but I really want all of us to get to know God and Jesus so that I can expect to meet them in Heaven, because this is kind of a priority. But how do I do this without basically saying, "Okay, here we go, we are going to believe in this whether you like it or not"? I know that sometimes people get kind of offended because they think I force my ideas about religion upon them... Sorry for the long question - I rate! (link)
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Hi Sweetie,
I can relate it a bit... I don't feel a fake Catholic but I feel that ever since my crisis (although it ended) I'm not there yet. For a while I searched for a religion... I realized I DO want to be Catholic and I DO believe... but there's a step in between realizing it IS what I want to be and CONSIDERING MYSELF CATHOLIC. That's analyzing. I have to analyze the "what does it mean to me? What do I believe in? What do I not believe in? What matters to me?" Keep in mind everyone has a different idea of their religion. Two people can be of one religion and have slightly different ideas. Example: Two people can be Christian. One belives going to church every day and reading the Bible means Christinaity. The ohter believes that as long as you don't sin and you believe in God in your heart you are Christian.
Technically you ARE Christian because you DO believe in God. I'm Christian too... except I'm Catholic. (Or I will be once I get some religion meditating time.) Anyway, you have to decide what Christinianity means to YOU. About your family... bring God closer slowly. You can do this by asking your parents questions about God or telling them to tell you a Bible story or something. Ask them how they know they are Christians. Encourage them to go to church more often, maybe. Encourage prayer. Maybe you can all pray together before going to sleep.
I'm sorry I'm no help. I do send my best wishes. And may you find what you are looking for. ~Blessed Be...
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Wow - thank you so much! I think you are truly able to see how I am feeling right now. Your advice really helped me.
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