Looking back on my life now, it isn't hard to see the very first relationship that I started developing with Jesus when I was a small child. I was baptized a Catholic when I was four years old, and over the years I did all the things that good little Catholic kids should do - attend Sunday school, go to church regularly, attend a Catholic school, set a good example for others, and move on up through the ranks of the Sacraments. I think I was about seven years old when I took First Communion, and I was seventeen when I went through Confirmation.
When I was just barely twenty, I started slipping away. I got married to a non-Christian, and I tried so hard to please him, that I gave up pretty much everything for him, including my relationship with Jesus. I stopped going to church and that's a habit I still haven't gotten back into yet. I'd really like to go back, but I'm still trying to find one that has more of a young adult focus than mine ever did. I'm almost desperate enough to just go back to my old church, even though it's not really what I want right now, because I long to build on the tenuous relationship I have with Him right now.
One day not too long ago, I "found" someone on the net that I could sort of talk to about these issues. His website really inspired me to really work on my relationship with Jesus again. It outlines a program called Discipleship 101 that I've been slowly working on in my spare time. If it sounds at all interesting to you, please take the time to visit his site. I think you'll discover that it was worth the time.
Last modified Monday December 28, 1998