What do you believe?

Intuition, conscience, guidance, gut-feeling...

Which ever way you choose to describe this phenomenon, it is essentially the same thing.

I have had many experiences in my life where I have been guided by this feeling;

Moments where my mind and heart have felt inspired by something greater than myself.

I believe that this guidance is from God. That those feelings come from the Holy Spirit. The idea that I am watched over by a loving Heavenly Father who has a plan for me just feels right.

These are my beliefs, but I am absolutely open to and accepting of other people’s beliefs. I would never say to someone that I was right and they were wrong.

I love to hear what others believe in and what the meaning of life is to them.

Rather than focus on differences, I like to find the commonalities within our beliefs.

I have a good friend who, like me, enjoys talking about these kinds of things. We have very different beliefs, but there are so many things that we agree on.

There are a lot of negative connotations when it comes to religion. It is a fact that a lot of awful things have happened because of and within religious organisations. I can understand why a lot of people are turned off of religion because of these things.

It is my opinion that majority of the negative aspects surrounding religion has come from people/organisations who have completely “missed the point”.

To me the “point” or purpose of religion and church, is to come together in unity; To love, to learn, grow and become better people.

There are so many different religions and beliefs, but I think these are the points we should all agree on...the world would be a better place if we did!

There is a lot we can learn from each other through discussing our beliefs. It can bring us closer together when we share what we have in common, and it is equally important to learn to respect people who think differently to us.

We are all so unique and no one quite sees things exactly the same as someone else, which I think is a beautiful thing.

Image: Amber Eldredge

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