Disclaimer - This has nothing to do with my previous write up about leap of faith.
Faith... Has different houses. A Christian one, a Muslim one, a Hindu one etc, what we close religion. Many of us are born into a particular religious and that forms a huge part of our though process. The liberal called it confidence, the conservative call it belief. I simply call it faith.
Faith has different connotation in different religious. The way we do things are not written someone, but rather told to you and you are expected to be the torch bearer of this everlasting flame.
I like many of you grew up in a house with a mixed of upbringing. My father a religious man and mom a firm believer in God and not in rituals. Thanks God for that, as I know all my prayers by heart (Like a parrot) and many occasions refuse to follow society norms. I am the rebel in my house.
Visiting a religious place of worship is a part of out to do list. We have to visit our family Church once in a while. I did it this year. I love comming to this places as it offers me a calm serinity. What I equally hate is the commercializing God. Well that's a good story for another write up.
A found a spot in a small church in the vicinity that does not offer noise and all I did was observe. The people around me, and thier belief.
Here you have a place of worship that welcomes all sects, but it the few are devout and religious. The best part to observe is the offering box. People offer money gold saree and I don't know what else as a thanks giving to our lady. God does not require money, it requires service and from the humble kind. The best offerings as per me are the one two rupee coins offered by the extremely poor, who can even afford a meal for the day.
Dont complicate god. He is very simple. He loves you and he wants to be a part of your life. Let him in like a friend, like a guide and not some supernatural being hovering over your head waiting for you to community that one perfect mistake so that he can curse you.
It's your choice, he becomes the person you want him to become.