Thank you everyone for such honest and heartfelt answers.

One thing that my grandma said (we have discussed this in some depth), that has always resonated with me, is that 'that's why they call it faith - it's either something you feel inside or you don't.' She is very comfortable with her own faith, it guides her and strengthens her, but she has never expressed any sadness (either outwardly or by allusion) that I do not share her faith, only gladness that I have my own sources of comfort to see me through difficult times. So I have often wondered how she manages to reconcile this - perhaps she too does struggle with it internally but is very good at not showing it

Christy, the passage that you have quoted perhaps is something that also resonates strongly with my grandma - she is very good at loving without barriers.