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My Long Journey Home

By: Bradley Fowler (View Profile)

Growing up with various religious structured beliefs and practices which dictated the need to study numerous editions of biblical text, only led me into a funnel of doubt. But one day, at the age of thirty six, after finding myself bottled up and consumed with frustration, living in fear, and utterly confused, I finally felt the need to begin dedicating more effort and time towards unlocking some of the mysterious within the biblical text. My search for answers soon resulted in me going beyond traditional religious teachings, forcing me to launch a journey towards understanding the wisdom hidden within the Bible with a passion, something I never knew existed. Doing so, eventually ignited a burning torch within my soul that catapulted me towards the understanding I sought, but somehow, while gaining this great revelation, I soon discovered, what I eventually found, was the very reason me and so many others have been trapped in a maze of emotional and spiritual confinement. And unfortunately, having my eyes opened to this truth, only made my quest to understanding the Bible less important. Even though it rewarded me a powerful position in my spirituality and validated my faith, it deemed necessary for me to return to church, a place so many people today refuse to go.

Researching the Bible for me was not easy. I had to collect every edition of the Bible I could locate. So I gathered a copy of the King James, New King James, New Century, and a Gideons Bible. Being faced with so many versions of the Bible, forced me to begin checking each books copyright date, and comparing each scripture from one book to the next. Each time I compared scriptures, I constantly found the words were written differently from one book to the next. This only made my search seem even more endless and completely absurd. Still, somehow I knew I had to continue my search with a belief that I would soon find what I was seeking. And after spending numerous hours, days, weeks, and months digging deeper into the words and there meanings behind what was written, finally, a light shined within my heart that brought tears streaming down my face. That’s when I discovered, the mass confusion was disguised with a purpose, and the reason why so many Bible publishers have fought to keep such biblical truth a secret.

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