I don’t even know what to say, Blessed Lord, I am so confused. I am caught in the midst of a violent crisis of faith, so uncertain and doubtful. I am going through a difficult time in what touches the depth of my belief. I am almost tempted to give in to impatience and despair. Something within me cries out for you, yet you seem not to be there. I have broken away from many childhood beliefs. I decided to let my faith pass through the filter of my personal experience.

Suddenly, I found myself too far from you, from security and certainty. If I still turn to you, Blessed Lord, it is because I have not yet lost the hope of finding an exit door for my spiritual anguish
I begin to realize that by myself I will not be able to overcome life’s ambiguities and contradictions.
I know the mystery of you continues, and that my faith-existence is a challenge to be embraced. The light of your occasional shadowy presence makes me see that my crisis comes from the depth of my maturity, from the depth of my faith.

The irony, Lord; there is a crisis of doubt only because there is faith. Perhaps I have become too demanding and too positive. Open my heart, Lord, to the right attitude when confronted with questions of my faith. In Jesus name, amen.

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