I wrote this as a comment to Adam's most recent post. thought I would pilfer my own material and bring it over to epiphanicity.

Faith evolves. It moves from existing as something you observe on the outside...to becoming part of you...to becoming who you are. At first you define your faith. You pick and choose, whittling away the untruths to get to the core. Once there, instead of it being you defining your faith, your faith begins to define you.