MY FAITH JOURNEY TO 30 YEARS OLD

  Episode 11 of 30 Before discussing how my confusion stopped, I want to touch on loving your neighbours.  What does it mean to love those who are not like you? Does being a Christian mean you can’t be friends with those who are not Christians? How do you relate with your co-workers and team members who aren’t Christians? How do you relate with your family members who aren’t Christians? Think and ponder on these questions!  I must clarify that Loving God and Loving your neighbour does not necessarily mean you have to do the same thing your neighbour does. However, The Love of Christ Compels us to love others regardless of religion or ethnicity. One mistake I made when I wanted to stop being confused in 2016-2018 was that I brutally stopped talking to my best friend (Fatma).  Oh, mine!!!! I didn’t mention that she taught me many good and moral ways of doing things as a woman. I learnt how to best design a home and make it anywhere conducive to live from Fatma. She was...

  Episode 10 of 30 Loving Christ must be taught. It doesn't just happen by mistake. Someone has to show another how to love Christ. In the same way, Jesus showed his disciples how to love God. Peter was a fisherman; he was about his own business as usual.  Even after being with Jesus for three years, he still returned to his old habit of selling fish. So many of us, even though we claim we love Jesus, are still persuaded one way or the other to go back to our old ways... we go back to sell fish that Jesus once told us to leave. We sell our time and gifts for the things of the world.  But you know what? After Jesus was resurrected, He returned to Peter and the other disciples and still showed them what loving him entails. He taught the people and even told them all the things he had spoken to them, and the things he would love to say to them are much and which they will not remember; therefore, he will send the HOLY SPIRIT.  The Holy Spirit is the teacher I am referri...

  Episode 9 of 30 So... My best friend (Fatima ) then, even though a Muslim, was against that relationship. She respected the fact that my family was a Christian and wouldn’t even consider persuading me to convert. At age 20 plus, I really wanted to be a Muslim at all costs.  Eventually, in 2015, I converted to Islam after the Ramadan period, and I was a practicing Muslim. It didn't last, though. I remembered one word my best friend's sister said to me the day I spoke to her, and she learnt I had converted to Islam. She stated, “Don’t convert to Islam because your friend is a Muslim. Don’t be pressured into it; let it be that it is the path chosen for you to follow.” Obviously 🙄 I knew that wasn't my path, and those words meant nothing to me because I was in-love. Also, I was surrounded by a cloud that so easily beset me.  The majority of my friends, plus my boyfriend, are Muslim, together with the fact that I grew up with a dual religion. I didn’t hesitate to dump the n...