Anyone Drown While Swimming the Tiber?

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Just wondering if anyone starting the process of converting to Catholicism, but then, half-way through, decided not to go through with it because Catholicism was more than one thought it was. šŸ¤·
 
Nope, but it is more than you think it is. In a good way, of course. šŸ˜‰ I converted 5 years ago, and Iā€™m still learning new and wonderful things about our mother Church. And, yes, the conversion process was difficult. I had to let go of a lot of pride to accept the authority of the Church. I am so glad I did! The graces of living the Catholic life are so much greater than when I was trying to be my own pope and magisterium. God blessed me abundantly when He called me to become Catholic, and I thank Him for it! šŸ˜ƒ
 
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Nope, but it is more than you think it is. In a good way, of course. šŸ˜‰ I converted 5 years ago, and Iā€™m still learning new and wonderful things about our mother Church. And, yes, the conversion process was difficult. I had to let go of a lot of pride to accept the authority of the Church. I am so glad I did! The graces of living the Catholic life are so much greater than when I was trying to be my own pope and magisterium. God blessed me abundantly when He called me to become Catholic, and I thank Him for it! šŸ˜ƒ
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How could a frog (teakafrog) be drown in river? šŸ˜ƒ
Thanks for sharing your faith with us!
 
I had a false start, I guess you could say ā€“ I spent a couple years researching, then decided I would convert. I started praying again (I was a Lutheran turned atheist), reading the Bible, going to Mass, that sort of thing. Before I enrolled in RCIA I freaked out, went back to atheism for about a year; then ended up getting re-interested in the faith. I did end up going through RCIA and was Confirmed in 2006.

I am eternally grateful to God for His patience and persistence with me. I donā€™t know where Iā€™d be without Him. ā¤ļø
 
It is hard - Jesus set a very high bar for us. He also gave us His church as the means to our salvation.

At some point, you will have to reckon with Jesus. He will never give you more than you can handle, but nothing in the Bible says it will be easy.

Why donā€™t you just give it your best for Jesus, donā€™t give up, and see how it ends up? Good luck and God bless!
 
The ones that drown are those that look back at their old Protestant life like Lotā€™s wife did that turned into a pillar osf salt!

Donā€™t look backā€“swim with all your mightā€“and you will cross the Tiber on Jesusā€™ shoulders!
 
I didnā€™t drown, but I admit that I was afraid. Everyone has their own journey, their own hurdles, fears.

Becoming Catholic is not like just deciding to start going to that cool community church that just started down the street. It is designed from the outset to be a real commitment, and for a reason, itā€™s serious business. And it may cost you something, but anything in life thatā€™s worth anything costs you something. Thereā€™s no such thing as a free ride!šŸ˜‰

If you are searching for the truth, honestly searching for it, hungering for it, youā€™ll be back! šŸ™‚
 
Jerry-Jet said:
The ones that drown are those that look back at their old Protestant life like Lotā€™s wife did that turned into a pillar osf salt!

Donā€™t look backā€“swim with all your mightā€“and you will cross the Tiber on Jesusā€™ shoulders!
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Thank you for your post. Just what I needed to hear tonight. šŸ‘
 
I didnā€™t drown but stayed with catholicsm just a short while and went beyond Christinity. Still a firm beleiver in God and happier more content than ever. You might think about looking ā€œoutside the Christian box.ā€
 
I recall one lady with a new born child. She was getting overextended. She quickly took my suggestion that she wait a year. She started again the next year and did fine.
 
rien said:
I didnā€™t drown but stayed with catholicsm just a short while and went beyond Christinity. Still a firm beleiver in God and happier more content than ever. You might think about looking ā€œoutside the Christian box.ā€
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Please donā€™t be offended because Iā€™m not trying to be funny with you. However, if you only remained Catholic for a ā€œshort whileā€ then how would you have discovered all of the things ā€œin the Christian boxā€ and experienced them? Did you just decide after a time that you did not really believe in the basic things that define the Catholic faith?

Iā€™m still learning and experiencing new things on a regular basis through study and various other things such as devotional/spiritual practices years after becoming Catholic. I donā€™t think that Iā€™m a ā€œslow learnerā€ and there are still so many things that I have not gotten into deeply like studying the Catholic mystics, etc.

I feel like Iā€™m exploring a huge bottomless lake that stretches as far as my eye can see at this point in my life instead of swimming near the surface while delving into many different belief systems as I was before. I donā€™t think that the rest of my life will be long enough to discover and experience all of the wonders that God has provided through His church.
 
jc-servant said:
Please donā€™t be offended because Iā€™m not trying to be funny with you. However, if you only remained Catholic for a ā€œshort whileā€ then how would you have discovered all of the things ā€œin the Christian boxā€ and experienced them? Did you just decide after a time that you did not really believe in the basic things that define the Catholic faith?

Iā€™m still learning and experiencing new things on a regular basis through study and various other things such as devotional/spiritual practices years after becoming Catholic. I donā€™t think that Iā€™m a ā€œslow learnerā€ and there are still so many things that I have not gotten into deeply like studying the Catholic mystics, etc.

I feel like Iā€™m exploring a huge bottomless lake that stretches as far as my eye can see at this point in my life instead of swimming near the surface while delving into many different belief systems as I was before. I donā€™t think that the rest of my life will be long enough to discover and experience all of the wonders that God has provided through His church.
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AMEN!!!
 
I didnā€™t drown, but I do wonder if I was right to make the switch when I did. Iā€™ve only been Catholic for a little over a year, and there have been a lot more times than Iā€™d like to admit that Iā€™ve questioned whether or not Iā€™ve made the right choice. I wonder if maybe a sophomore in college was too young. Iā€™ve only JUST started being able to identify myself as a Catholic and not as a Catholic convert (not that Iā€™m ashamed of that at all, but for me personally I just think itā€™s my way of holding onto my past).
 
THutch04 said:
I didnā€™t drown, but I do wonder if I was right to make the switch when I did. Iā€™ve only been Catholic for a little over a year, and there have been a lot more times than Iā€™d like to admit that Iā€™ve questioned whether or not Iā€™ve made the right choice. I wonder if maybe a sophomore in college was too young. Iā€™ve only JUST started being able to identify myself as a Catholic and not as a Catholic convert (not that Iā€™m ashamed of that at all, but for me personally I just think itā€™s my way of holding onto my past).
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Iā€™m 45 years old, I came in last year so the timing is the same for both of us, and I still identify myself as a convert! My reason for still feeling like a new convert is that there is still so much to learn, and I still feel like everything is brand new territory, nothing seems familiar to me yet, I just donā€™t feel completely Catholic yet. I mean I do think like a Catholic, doctrinally, but ceremony and tradition is still so foreign, I donā€™t feel Catholic in that way yet. I donā€™t know how long that is going to take!

My point is, donā€™t think your age has been a factor or a down side to your conversion, there is going to be an adjustment period for all of us.šŸ˜‰
 
I know how you all feel. But I know deep down in my heart that I will never go back. Have no need to. Have no want to ever return to my old church. I love the catholic faith. It has the fullness of the truth. It has the eucharist. The Real Presence. I do not know how anyone could ever give that up. It has changed my life!!

Marantha!!!

Love, Dave
 
Yes, I did start RCIA and then not go through with it.

Fortunately, God brought me full circle, right back to the place I started, and in the process brought about an interior conversion of heart. So almost 15 years later, I started RCIA again. This time I was ready to listen.

In many ways life would have been easier for me to just go through with it the first time, but I would not have been as good a Catholic as I am now if it hadnā€™t unfolded the way it did.
 
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