Religion saves me
I was asked the other
day whether I had taken religion. Because I do not wear it on my
sleeve, people might wonder why some of my views carry religious undertones. I
have always been religious or spiritual, even when things have lapsed.
Religion is
foundational to my existence and wellbeing. I owe everything to the grace,
mercy, and love of God, even as I usually stumble in the walk of faith, because
the concepts of Christianity and the workings of it that I believe in are much
deeper than I give expression to.
Whilst my devotion in
terms of church-going is Anglican, my beliefs lie at the evangelical and
Pentecostal end of things, where I find a personal trail of conservative
liberalism: an entertaining of the human perspective of biblical experiences
that inform the wonder we see in lives.
How I think
Like Abraham, who left Ur of the Chaldees with at least seven generations of ancestors still alive, he heard from God, and I am sure he had to convince many people of that fact before he could leave.
Also, why have all angels, with their observation
of human beings, not learnt to knock on doors instead of just appearing and
comforting those they encounter with "Fear not!"?
However, this is no
place for an exegesis. I have experienced different perspectives of religion
(good, bad, strange, and just baffling) all from around the age of three. I am
always excited by Bible study; there is never just a single story in what is read.
Thank you.
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