The word "journey" always makes me think of a physical trip. As in going on vacation. You drive or fly from point A to point B, spend some time visiting or being a tourist and then come home. Within a few days of your return, life is back to normal. The trip doesn't change anything about your life except now you have a few additional memories. Some may be of once in a lifetime events but they are memories none the less and generally do not affect our day to day life.
On a spiritual journey toward real faith, life rarely goes back to the "way it was". Each step we take, whether forward or back, changes the way think, the way we act, the way we live. Unlike a weekend get away or a 2 week vacation, this journey often takes time. We are not alone, we meet fellow believers along the way but we are not walking side by side. Everyone is at a different place in the journey. Spiritual growth does not all happen overnight. While there are most certainly some people who have dramatic spiritual experiences, most of us come to believe in much quieter and less spectacular ways. Sometimes we cannot even say when it was that we came to believe in God. We just know deep down that we do.
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