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Tuesday, November 18, 2003

Update on my "Dark Moment of the Soul."

As many of you know, I have been struggling with faithlessness, doubts, and confusion regarding my religious beliefs. I have been informed by a friend that this is a "dark moment of the soul." Catchy. Anyway, I wouldn't say that I am a spiritual giant yet, but I have taken the last two weeks to figure this out. I have done a lot of praying, a lot of reading, and a lot of listening. I spent a whole three hour period one day just listening to God. Waiting to here His voice. I know many of you don't feel you have the time for such an exercise, but try 20 minutes...it was really awe-inspiring.
As I said, I'm nowhere near a spiritual giant, but I am closer to God than I was two weeks ago. For those of you that are somewhere in your own "Dark moment," I want to encourage you to continue looking for answers. If you have been through your own "Dark moment" in the past, please give us feedback on what helped you. This is a crisis that many followers of Christ refuse to admit. I don't understand why we should be ashamed when we figure out that we are not perfect. We all knew that anyway. Continued encouragement to those of you facing your own obstacles.
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posted by Mike @ 9:32 PM