Pursuing Faith

    I thought I would go back a bit and tell you a little of who I am and why my faith is so important to me. Life has never really been cruel to me. Honestly, most of the garbage I havegone through has been of my own making.

    My parents came to know Jesus when I was very young. I had a foundation of faith I have been allowed to build my life on. Now I must honestly say, I did not choose to do that until I was in my early twenties.

    I was sure there was something more out there that I needed, which God could not provide me. I was desperately searching for love in all of the wrong places. Recently, I was thinking about all of the different "boyfriends" I had in high school. I realized what I had done was ruin several great platonic friendships by thinking they had to go to the "next level".

    But God is ever good and in my late teens, he provided me with a circumstance I could not ignore. My life was changed from then on. It did taking me a while after the acknowledgement of this circumstance for my spiritual life to come into alignment. But when it did, I would not have changed my life for anything.

    Today I follow Jesus wholeheartedly. I try everyday to be an example of the grace and love He has given me. Not everyday do I succeed, but I know that my failures do not disqualify me, they just continue to make me a better example of grace. They also place within me a great desire to see my life changed, so that I may have fewer of those weak moments.

    Being a Christian is something I enjoy. The peace and fulfillment I have found being a "follower of Christ" is not something anyone can take away from me.