God has answered my prayers. I am 65 and a widow. I started my journey about 4 years ago when I was searching for the answer “why am I here”? I delved into Judaism since I rejected the Christian notion of the trinity. I always had a feeling about the presence of God even as a child when I remember being in awe of Jesus and his words from the sermon on the mount. While I went through the customary motions of Christmas and Easter, the bible was not reading material in my life but the 10 Commandments always made some sense to me. I went to church but observing fellow parishioners and their behaviour after services which more times then not did not coincide with their presence in church left me feeling less than awed. Judaism was another disappointment after Oct 7 when I actually heard a rabbi spew disgusting horrific words about killing all Palestinians including babies. That was the final straw with Judaism. I have recently converted to Islam or so I thought I was finally in the right place but yet again I came up short. I felt like I was jumping through a thousand hoops to get closer to God. To shorten my words here I found a definite similarity between the Jewish Talmud and the Islamic Hadeith. So happy to come to meet like understanding brothers and sisters.
It’s been a long road.
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Its lovely to read about your journey. Much of what you say I relate to as well. It is incredible how God uses even the evils in this life and false religions as the very means to wake us up and draw us to Himself. He is the most perfect Guide and Opener of hearts.
Uncovered Faith
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Welcome
Your journey is very interesting. Have you watched any of Sam Gerring’s talks on YouTube? I’ve been binge watching them since joining here!Yes I have not everything yet but also watching all of Said’s videos. The more I watch the more peace I feel. All the dots seem to be connecting and I am actually talking with God all day long. Prayers feel a little awkward because of all the hype I watched, so I just sit quietly on my bed and read the first Surah and read the Quran. I live in a small community no Muslims that I know of and no mosque. Odd about that I panicked when I realized I had no one who practiced Hadith here. Must have been Gods intervention.
Uncovered Faith
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The main reason I didn’t come to Islam sooner was the prayer. I knew in my heart that I could not conform. I was a useless Catholic who couldn’t even pray the rosary once a day so how was I going to pray a ritualistic prayer in Arabic five times 
But then I read a Quran only book and realised what Salat really meant.
I will watch Said’s videos today. I am so hungry for knowledge.
But then I read a Quran only book and realised what Salat really meant. I will watch Said’s videos today. I am so hungry for knowledge.