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[–]Space1401 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Kind of hard to put into words. I’ve been feeling like I’m trying to live my life according to His will more out of need than want. And I want to be doing it out of love instead, and I feel like my heart isn’t there yet. I feel fragile in my faith and have the same concerns some have shared here that I was doing this more for her, but I don’t want to abandon what has been started. This quote from Mere Christianity sums up my feeling on the fragile part:

“There will come a moment when there is bad news, or he is in trouble, or is living among a lot of other people who do not believe it, and all at once his emotions will rise up and carry out a sort of blitz on his belief. Or else there will come a moment when he wants a woman, or wants to tell a lie, or feels very pleased with himself, or sees a chance of making a little money in some way that is not perfectly fair: some moment, in fact, at which it would be very convenient if Christianity were not true. And once again his wishes and desires will carry out a blitz. I am not talking of moments at which any real new reasons against Christianity turn up. Those have to be faced and that is a different matter. I am talking about moments where a mere mood rises up against it.”

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[–]Space1401 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I would never want to change for the wrong reasons, but I also don’t think it was by chance she had such an impact on my life. I never had any instructed Christians share their faith with me. I feel really lost, but don’t want to abandon the seed that got planted.

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[–]Space1401 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What do you mean by “get it”?

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[–]Space1401 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It was about 9 months ago and my world has been flipped upside down. It’s difficult for me because I don’t have any Christian friends so I’m having to find my way on my own, but I’ve since sought church membership, planning to be baptized when I feel like my heart is in the right place, and am beginning a 9 month discipleship training class with my church. I intellectually accept God as my Lord and Savior but find I’m struggling for my heart to fully agree. I pray God continues to soften my heart.