Ponderings from the Autiverse

I want to start this by saying that I am very glad for my faith, and it gives my life meaning. I would be very lost without it. But there have been some times when I have found being a Christian very difficult indeed. I'm not talking about not wanting to follow the teachings and rules set out by my faith, or thinking that maybe there was something I couldn't make sense of, although these were also big challenges for me. But something I saw on Facebook a while back got me thinking.... I can't find it to link here, but it said something along the lines of 'doing your best doesn't mean giving 100% effort 100% of the time'. I am still a bit baffled by this, as somehow we are supposed to just know how much is enough? Anyway, this has got me pondering about my journey of faith, especially when I was younger... When I was in my late teens, I began to encounter other young Christians from different church backgrounds, many of whom seemed to have quite strong ideas of wh...