Sometimes we can get the idea that following God means becoming someone completely different. We may look at other Christians and think we need to pray like they pray, speak like they speak, serve like they serve, or even have the same personality they have. But God never asked you to become someone else.

Christians seem to take the title of Christian seriously. We identify with the name, attend church, worship, and call ourselves followers of Jesus. But here is the question we have to wrestle with: Do we take the call of Christianity just as seriously?

Doubting God is much more common than we think.

For many Christians, doubt can feel like something we are not allowed to talk about. We are often taught that doubting God is wrong and that a strong Christian would never question, struggle, or wonder if God is really there. So when doubt creeps in, we can feel ashamed. We may wonder if something is wrong with our faith or if we are somehow failing God.