Faithful clarity

There was a point when I gave up on religion, not god because he has brought me a long way

I saw church and other places of worship as stone, wood, and steal constructs the housed shame, lies, hypocrisy, abuse, and if you baptist fish dinners

Felt the people "worshiped" because that is what the were programmed to do: Put on something nice, sing and shout around people (the majority of whom you don't know or for that matter like), pray prayers void of conviction because instead or surrendering to your believes you honor them at your on convenience, paying a tithe that you don't understand the concept of, listening to scripture that you don't even apply to your life, then saying a hallow amen and leaving, going back to your everyday life having got your "fix".

In my separation from religion I was able to find FAITH! Being able to go to God as you are: flawed, broken, lost, and in need, and finding that there is a way. Faith let's you be honest unbound by "proper church etiquette" and you find real answers and peace through it without the bias thought and opinions of a religious leader who may be swayed to thing a certain way because of their own personal views, issue, or struggle.

Faith allowed a young, gay, black man to find the strength to live his life for him and not the will or vision of others
Faith allows you to believe that love exist after heartache, broken trust, and abuse
Faith motivates you to follow your heart when other doubt you destination
Faith will give you the courage to fight any disease, conflict, circumstance,, or obstacle that bars your path to you destiny
Faith will draw people to you that are there for the real you with out judgement, secret motivations, or envy of who you are, what you do, what you have, or where you are going in life.

So to sum this up......
There was a point when I gave up on religion, not god because he has brought me a long way. When I finally gave up on the illusion of religion, I found FAITH and my vision got much much clearer