On Faith

I was born and raised as a Catholic. Both my parents are Catholics, we hear mass every Sunday, we practice catholic traditions at home, all my life I was educated in three different catholic schools, yet I don't really consider myself a religious person.

If you ask me, the textbook definition of a religious person is someone who recites a prayer everyday, a firm believer and follower of the Church, and someone who knows the bible inside-out. I'm not like that. I don't possess any of that qualities but I do have a personal relationship with God.

I acknowledge his presence in my life. Although I am not able to talk to him everyday, I see to it that I am able to thank him, ask forgiveness, and say my worries to him at least once a week. And then, there are times when I get mad at him because he hadn't given me what I thought I needed. This I'm not very proud of yet through it all, God has always been good to me and my family. 

My personal relationship with him evolves as I grow old. At times, I feel that my faith matures with my age. Other times, it just fails. It is always hard to understand his plans for me however, it didn't stop me from trusting my fate to him. There will always be questions and doubts but then God has his own way of giving us what we truly need.

Our faith is our own personal relationship with God. Our beliefs and views on religion might differ on a lot of things but I think we can all agree on one thing - there is a God and he has been constantly guiding us right from the very start.