God has been absolutely proven to me many times, I have witnessed so many miracles, one of the greatest being the complete filling of my heart with His love. When you receive that, you know it with no doubt. I started rather late on my spiritual walk, and am moving along at my own pace. I was baptized in the Atlantic ocean, and that was one amazing experience, as I have always felt one with the ocean. It has always exemplified God's awesome power and glory to me. The tide never EVER stops, and the breeze always blows, breathing life into me. I feel its thunder under my feet [or butt!]

I often wonder how folks get through life without anything to hold on to, to believe in and be grounded, when there is no one or nothing else there. No one to hand your burdens to. What a relief that is, to know that someone will take your every worry and trouble and entrust that it will be taken care of. Maybe not always the way I would choose, but always a way and reason I can understand that is right. But that is a very hard thing to do, to have that kind of trust, esp. for 'us'. I realize that. WE do not want to let go of our burdens, to let anyone else shoulder them. Faith is a journey. Those of you that got involved and turned off by 'odd' churches, I completely understand.

My son has a saying I love - "I hate religion, I love Jesus Christ". Jesus himself warned to beware of 'religious types'.