I try every day to be thankful. I try every night to pray. I don’t do it because I’m religious, I do it because I believe. I am a strong believer that there is more than we can ever know. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Religion doesn’t have to mean an hour, or whatever time, of praising God. It is the belief that there is a God. Some may argue that you need to know the scriptures or read or study the Bible – I don’t. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Being brought up by good parents, good role models, and supporting family and friends is why I argue that. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Faith is a strong a virtue, but only if you are compassionate, kind, and try to see the good in others. That, to me, is faith. Faith that everyone is as you are.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Understanding your family and friends, sharing kindness, showing vulnerability- these are values of virtue. The definition of virtue is – behavior showing high moral standards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It boils down to that – behavior. We are human. We make mistakes. We ask for forgiveness and apologize. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I am surely not of “high” moral standards. No one I know is. Judgement day comes to all of us. And I do know this – God forgives all because He is an all forgiving God. I don’t have the religious background to know that. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I can’t recite much of anything, except the prayers learned in religious education. They are all I need – to learn, to remember, to understand. It is enough for me to work on my own “high” moral standards without having to go somewhere to do it or someone telling me how to do it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I have a home, a sanctuary, to pray in. Asking for forgiveness, receiving guidance, and feeling safe are things I can have wherever I want. To tell you the truth, I drive and thank God for another day. That’s all I know he wants me to tell him – I am thankful for another day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Think about all the things that you worry about, the people you lost, the words you said, the things you’ve done wrong – just ask for and be grateful for another day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Faith – strong belief in God – to believe in something that you can’t physically see, hear or touch. You just believe. Just because you can’t see it doesn’t make it untrue. I like knowing that. Knowing that I believe because I just do.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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