Circle of Trust

I’m starting my CoT with a confession. I’ve made religion pretty complicated for myself. My relationship with God, with the infinite ultimate truth of everything, with religion organized or otherwise has taken alot of different twists and turns over the years, and I’m sure it’s going to take some more. It’s something I struggle with, but I’ve come to see the moments of struggle as the healthier ones. At least insofar as it’s less a struggle against, but a struggle towards. We may not all know–or always feel that we know–what we are struggling toward, but I’ve found value in engaging earnestly in the work, in the struggle, to understand.

Yesterday, I read a little piece on a blog, which I shared on the 3rdF Channel if your curious to read it too, Titled “You are Religious” the basic thesis was, whether you admit it to others or even to yourself, you have a religion of one kind or another. It’s in the things you turn to, the things you give of yourself, and that you give your worship to. The subtle admonishment I took away was to pay some attention to those things and actively choose them, for they will shape who you will be in the days ahead.

So today I’m reminded to continue struggling toward a religion that will shape me into the man I need to be for my family, my community, my nation and my world. Looking around me this morning, it’s good to be surrounded by men who I’m pretty sure are going to do the same. Thank you.