Losing my religion, keeping my faith

Is it possible for a man to lose his religion but keep his faith in God? Even more so, is it possible for a man to lose his religion and, in doing so, find his faith is even stronger than before.

Can losing religion make a man a better, more faithful Christian than before?

When everything gets stripped away faith can remain as long as what remains is the simple truth of:

“I see the need for Jesus.”

This then gets built up to:

I want Jesus.

And then a new, fresh, yearning wells up inside and the man dives back into understanding and learning with new eyes. It is a whole new way of seeing the world.

It is possible because I am that man.