What does it mean to be religious?
"Don't let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith and in purity." 1 Timothy 4:12 On these pages and through these words, I come off as super religious/ spiritual. However, when I open my mouth to my peers I fall short to both ends of the spectrum: the religious and non religious individual. Why is that? I spent a lot of weeks thinking about this. Is it fear of rejection that holds me back from my true self? Or do I still not know enough about God to call myself religious? The answer to the last two questions is 'yes to both.' I am scared to stand proudly, fearless and alone in my faith. And yes, I feel inadequate in my knowledge of God. But do we ever truly know him? The highest ranking members of the church could not even say that they completely know him. Because the mysteries of his love and grace exceed our humanistic frailties. To my religious peers, I don...