[fctwinkie]

i have recently lost my religious faith and while i know this is probably just another step in my spiritual journey, at the moment i feel really depressed. this depression magnifies all the little issues in life with family and friends into major tear-jerker issues, altho i have not as yet let this show. i am slowly reading a book about depression and artists and the search for meaning....and i know i have to find some sort of meaning to life for myself, but at this time i have not been able to do so. i am also taking a once-a-week class on building your own theology, but i feel too "blah" to really delve into it, altho i am trying. i just feel So Lost!

[recluse1]

fctwinkie

life itself is stressful and when depression is added to the mix it can become a down right struggle at times. just know you aren't alone.

[EJ711]

Hi FC Twinkie,

When you can't see where you are going that is when our real faith journeys begin.

You don't have to feel God with you -- He's there.

Please PM me if you think I can help.

I've had a very hard five year period myself.

EJ

[Junerain]

Perhaps a book about how good God is like The Purpose Driven Life, that we each have purpose? http://www.amazon.com/Purpose-Driven...1530477&sr=8-1

[bebop]

I think depression in itself can make one lose faith. a favorite poem of mine is Footprints. It has helped me find my way more times than I can remember. maybe getting help with the depression can help you find your faith once again. (((hugs)))

[fctwinkie]

thank you all who have responded. i appreciate your kindness. you know the old saying "when G-d closes a door, he opens a window"??? i understand this, but sometimes the hallways in between are long and #*%#!! dark

fctwinkie,

The exact same thing happened to me. I tried and tried to keep myself attached to my "faith" What has helped me a bit is knowing I can make my own "faith".. I can choose a spirituality that helps me. I'm reading the Sacred Self right now, and its lets me accept every part of who i am and others. Also.. I tell myself. If God is God, then he will lead me to truth. Sometimes the truth is different then we saw it in the past and that is okay too. I hoe that as I find truth and enlightenment inside myself, I'll see more of out outside myself.

Wishin you best. Feel free to pm.

ev

[(JD)]

When you say you lost your faith twinkie, can you elaborate? Can you describe what it is that's changed? What did your faith mean to you, give to you? Maybe by defining it, you can find it again? TC