to find out more about what Christianity can do for me.
There may be a cost associated with it in the short run, but it will pay off in the long run. Just keep your eyes on the prize.
A warm welcome to CC, my brother. Just trust our Lord and Savior. He knows what is best for us.
1 John 3:13 Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you.
Hebrews
12:1 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset [us], and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
12:2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of [our] faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
12:3 For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.