"Am I Christian Yet?"

I've grown up going to a christian church and school and I pray everyday but i've never felt God's presence before... I try to have faith and seek him but it's hard when I don't feel he's there, and I feel like there's a hole in my life, and I feel lonely, but I just don't feel like i'm a christian even though I want to be.

How do I become a christian even though i've already been praying and going to church and have seeked him but don't feel anything?

You won't wake up one day and have a halo over your head just because you prayed for it. You don't feel God like you feel sunshine or a breeze, I'm sorry if someone made you think that's how it works. People exaggerate.

Church is supposed to be a religious experience. The community, the rituals, the songs, all that stuff is supposed to make you feel good and holy, and make you want to act accordingly. Well, that works for some people, but there's much more to God than scripture.

Try this: Find yourself a quiet tree, turn your cell phone off, close your eyes for a minute and breathe. After you calm down, you should take a moment to comprehend how small you are compared to the tree. Reflect on how the tree was probably there before you were born and will probably be there after you are dead. Just like the tree, we came from the earth. Even as enormous as the earth is, it is still very tiny compared to the sun (which is just one of nearly infinite other stars) ...and yet we are all made up of the same microscopic little elements, sharing this moment in time together, coexisting.

After all of that sinks in, get up and go back to your daily life. Realizing that the day-to-day problems are insignificant in the grand scheme of things, carrying with you the idea that loving the world is the least we can do, living your life as a good person becomes a necessity rather than a chore... and THAT is how praying and church and feeling God is supposed to make you feel.