something....
I was driving home on Friday afternoon and I'll admit that I was not in a chipper mood. I was frustrated with many things and driving tends to make everything worse.
I was driving on I-35 and this car ahead of me was doing some, we'll say not so smart, driving maneuvers. I was ready to call her dumb or something (it tends to happen when I'm driving) and when I passed her she had a bunch of stickers all over her window. One was a picture of Mary and then other religious art. She also had this stone-set look on her face and I was overwhelmed with compassion for this woman I didn't even know.
It reminded me how many people are out there looking for some form of spirituality and looking in all the wrong places.
They think they will find they're wholeness in some form of religious act when that just fills them with a false sense of satisfaction.
We all think we need to DO something to deserve Gods favor.
This isn't the case at all! "For it is by grace you have been saved and this is NOT YOUR OWN DOING! It is a GIFT from God, lest anyone should boast."
Nothing I could do will ever measure up to Gods standards. All that I can do is admit that I am "wretched, pitiable, poor, blind, and naked" and in desperate need of a savior. That savior is Jesus Christ, the very son of God. He was the perfect sacrifice that allows me access to God the creator and an eternity spent in his glory.
Religious acts will not give you lasting peace, joy, satisfaction or anything you may be looking for. Praying 3 times a day or going to church on Sunday's or reciting prayers or going to confessional or just being a "good person" will not save you from the eternity that we all deserve. It will only leave you with a sense of duty.
My God calls me to a life of service done out of love not of duty and that is where peace, joy and satisfaction come from.
Life is not truly being lived unless it is being lived for the glory of God Almighty. This is what we were made for!
I was driving on I-35 and this car ahead of me was doing some, we'll say not so smart, driving maneuvers. I was ready to call her dumb or something (it tends to happen when I'm driving) and when I passed her she had a bunch of stickers all over her window. One was a picture of Mary and then other religious art. She also had this stone-set look on her face and I was overwhelmed with compassion for this woman I didn't even know.
It reminded me how many people are out there looking for some form of spirituality and looking in all the wrong places.
They think they will find they're wholeness in some form of religious act when that just fills them with a false sense of satisfaction.
We all think we need to DO something to deserve Gods favor.
This isn't the case at all! "For it is by grace you have been saved and this is NOT YOUR OWN DOING! It is a GIFT from God, lest anyone should boast."
Nothing I could do will ever measure up to Gods standards. All that I can do is admit that I am "wretched, pitiable, poor, blind, and naked" and in desperate need of a savior. That savior is Jesus Christ, the very son of God. He was the perfect sacrifice that allows me access to God the creator and an eternity spent in his glory.
Religious acts will not give you lasting peace, joy, satisfaction or anything you may be looking for. Praying 3 times a day or going to church on Sunday's or reciting prayers or going to confessional or just being a "good person" will not save you from the eternity that we all deserve. It will only leave you with a sense of duty.
My God calls me to a life of service done out of love not of duty and that is where peace, joy and satisfaction come from.
Life is not truly being lived unless it is being lived for the glory of God Almighty. This is what we were made for!