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Listen

Listen to me. I am trapped in a cage of words - your words which silence me. I open my mouth but am overrun by yours - so quick to judge, so slow to hear. I have no voice, I go unheard. All I need is an open ear but before you hear you think you know and do not listen and throw me down again. Listen to me. Hear me. My soundless scream stifled by your speech, your prejudice which blocks each word I say. Too many words chaining me. Why can no one listen to me?

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My Journey to Faith by SeekHim, literature

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My Journey to Faith

My own journey to faith has been a long complex one. My parents were raised in the church, but neither of them were really Christians. Furthermore my dad had a bitter experience in church when he was young that forever soured him to religion and he had absolutely no interest in it. Mom believed in God and enjoyed watching Robert Schuller on TV, but her belief in God was mixed with a hodgepodge of other things, including reincarnation. She was also a firm believer in 'to each his own.' She thought that all paths led to God and that as long as one led a good life that was enough. Despite this, God had His hand on me, because from the time