I used to believe that spiritual grace was actually a physical thing that a person acquired internally.
I went to Catholic school, grades 1-8, and in my very early years, when the nuns talked about "grace" we acquired through the sacraments, I thought that grace was actually something inside of you. In my mind, grace was grey and foamy and fluffy - very light.
I never wondered why I couldn't feel it inside - I just assumed it was there after I did something good, like going to confession. I assumed it would be near my heart and disappear after awhile until I did something else that was good and then the "grace" would re-appear inside.
A childhood belief about church
others believed things like this
- there was a young girl i used to know that would say 'onion' at the end of grace, instead of 'amen'— matt
- When i was little i always thought there were little men inside the traffic lights changing the light— Kiley
When I was a child I thought there was a person inside the ATM— Grace- I used to believe there was a newsreader inside the radio where the light was!!— Christine
- I always thought that a little person lived inside each mailbox waiting to take my letter to its destination.— Anne
- I always thought that my relatives were really tiny, and inside my phone when I talked to them on the phone.Anon