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PatrickJBritton.com is a blog that I setup as a portfolio. It’s purpose is to maintain all of my works and give me a place to refer clients. This is a sample of some of the original content that will be on the blog.

Church wasn’t always a place I considered sacred. The fact is, I was the the last person you would expect to come within ten feet of a church.  My childhood wasn’t riddled with abuse or tragic memories but it was the farthest thing from holiness that I can think of. As I got older I started to ask myself questions about God and my eternity. When I finally came to know the truth it was beyond anything I could imagine. Happiness without end, something I wasn’t quite used to.

I found myself completely devoted to Christ. It was the type of devotion that, if you weren’t Christian yourself, looked a lot like fanaticism. I was obsessed with it all and I have to say I miss those days of complete devotion. That’s not to say I’ve fallen off the wagon. I have however, been out of church for a long time, left out in the cold without a place to worship.

At one point in time I was attending church practically everyday. The only thing I felt that I could do for God was to devote as much time to my youth group as possible. I helped set up services, worked with the computers, did worship presentation and even participated on stage during worship from time to time. Sadly, the church decided to run my pastor out of town, which is not something I want to get into.  Out of no where I went from going to church everyday to not at all. That has thrown me through a loop and I have failed to find my way back again. It’s a big empty feeling that I would much rather not have.

I’ve spent these last few years trying to make a life for my family and I. I haven’t been successful in doing so and it’s all because of the fact that I am missing a large peice of the puzzle. Being a part of a church and devoting my life to building it up is something that I desperately need. I have lost most of my faith in the local church system. I have been unable to allow myself to take that big step; going to a new church for the first time. Maybe it’s a weakness, something in me that I need to fix. Whatever the truth may be, I need to find that place again. Until that moment I will be a little hollow. Left without a place to worship.

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