Hello,
I am seeking to understand God and I want some help hence I am posting here. In order to help you will probably need to know a little about me which is fitting for my first post here anyway. So a brief rundown of my history, my beliefs up to now and what I am looking for will follow.
I was raised in Catholic schools but they never rammed it down my throat like many people older than myself would recall from strict Catholic schools. As a child I had no serious independent beliefs that I recall nor did I adhere to any Christian doctrine including Catholicism which I was baptized into. As I got older the question of God started to gain importance to me and since than I have been flirting with Christianity. I have believed in Christ as the incarnation of God at times but they generally didn't last long.
What has been a constant belief for the last few years is that there is a creator to the world and that it loves me. I count myself too fortunate and the world too miraculous too believe anything different. I'm not sure if others received the chances and kind of love that I think I have been blessed with in several ways on atleast several different occasions but that is a different story.
Now with this belief in hand I seek to understand my duties. By that I mean I want to know how I can repay my blessings but I need to understand the origin of them first. That is to say I need to understand God. That brings me to Christianity and subsequently to this forum right here, right now. As I said I grew up at Catholic schools so I know the basic rules. I know the ten commandments or the summarized two that Jesus brang with him. Although I love the ideology to the extent that I am here right now asking Christians for advise rather than people of a different belief I still need advise as to how to proceed.
I have too short attention span to read the bible from start to finish and I'm not sure that would be the best starting point for me anyway. I like Christian music but I don't know any that is very educational. I'm also unsure about what are other good media sources. So with this and everything else that I mentioned in mind how would you recommend I go about learning more about God?
Thanks for reading this and I thank you in advance if you reply to it with advise.
I am seeking to understand God and I want some help hence I am posting here. In order to help you will probably need to know a little about me which is fitting for my first post here anyway. So a brief rundown of my history, my beliefs up to now and what I am looking for will follow.
I was raised in Catholic schools but they never rammed it down my throat like many people older than myself would recall from strict Catholic schools. As a child I had no serious independent beliefs that I recall nor did I adhere to any Christian doctrine including Catholicism which I was baptized into. As I got older the question of God started to gain importance to me and since than I have been flirting with Christianity. I have believed in Christ as the incarnation of God at times but they generally didn't last long.
What has been a constant belief for the last few years is that there is a creator to the world and that it loves me. I count myself too fortunate and the world too miraculous too believe anything different. I'm not sure if others received the chances and kind of love that I think I have been blessed with in several ways on atleast several different occasions but that is a different story.
Now with this belief in hand I seek to understand my duties. By that I mean I want to know how I can repay my blessings but I need to understand the origin of them first. That is to say I need to understand God. That brings me to Christianity and subsequently to this forum right here, right now. As I said I grew up at Catholic schools so I know the basic rules. I know the ten commandments or the summarized two that Jesus brang with him. Although I love the ideology to the extent that I am here right now asking Christians for advise rather than people of a different belief I still need advise as to how to proceed.
I have too short attention span to read the bible from start to finish and I'm not sure that would be the best starting point for me anyway. I like Christian music but I don't know any that is very educational. I'm also unsure about what are other good media sources. So with this and everything else that I mentioned in mind how would you recommend I go about learning more about God?
Thanks for reading this and I thank you in advance if you reply to it with advise.