Do you find yourself stuck in your faith? You want to love God, so you do all the things you are supposed to do, but it feels empty, like you are just going through the motions.  Maybe it’s just something you do, out of obligation or fear or tradition.  Or perhaps you’re unsure and questioning why you do these religious things at all.  What’s the point, you ask yourself.  Or are you tired of all the apparent rules and regulations and you’ve just had it with outward religious obligations?  And now you are at the point where religion doesn’t really mean anything to you. Did you relate to any of…

In my introduction post, I mentioned that I would share what finally brought me to a true, real relationship with Jesus.  Here is where Jesus broke through my heart and showed me all that there was for me.  As I mentioned, it was at first a gradual development of our relationship.  Looking back on things, I can see that He began working in my heart in very quiet and subtle ways, so much so that I didn’t realize that it was happening actually, as far back as high school. So after a few years of slow development that isn’t that interesting to write about, I went on a retreat (one…