My new look on Christianity

Recently I have been voraciously reading on articles and books that tackles about my spiritual faith. Just last month I have bought a copy of Didache(a daily bible reflection guide) for the month of July, August and September. I also suddenly found this old book in our home library called Strengthening your Grip by Charles Swindoll which I suspect was my fathers. I also bought a copy of Kerygma for the month of September and I am planning to subscribe this year for one year.

Why the sudden interest in all this things? Well so far my interest in my catholic faith has been lukewarm for a while now and I want to rejuvenate this desire for connecting with my creator by reading books and articles about this integral part of our lives. I believe that without constant prayer and meeting with our God, our faith would just wither and die.

So what did I learn? Well many things! In fact there is so many that it would be impossible to enumerate them all in this article. So I'll just mention here the ones that I remember most vividly. One is that religious legalism is bad. What is legalism? From what I know, it is the excessive concern for laws and its intricate details that you lose sight of what the law was made for. It means giving importance to rituals and traditions while neglecting the basic needs of the Christian faith such as loving your neighbors and forgiving others. Another one is that although we rely on God's forgiveness for our salvation, it doesn't mean that we can go and sin to our hearts content. The proper response would be to accept his love and love him in return by following his commandments. Another is that to quit addictions you must not focus on it. Instead focus on your dreams. Stop thinking about the addiction and think about something else that is good. I found this is quit true since I was a video game addict back then.Ahhh too many!! I guess you will just have to read the books themselves to find out about all of them.

Anyway these were great books to read. It certainly corrected some gloomy and grim misconceptions I have about Christianity. It was worth reading for it cleanses my soul. I think it will also do this to you to.