I really have no idea what I want to write about today. Not a lot going on for me. Still waiting to get any kind of conversation from Kelly. I may call her tonight or tomorrow. I think the biggest thing on my mind...besides her obviously...has been my relationship with God...my spiritual side. I totally believe that one needs not to be religious, but spiritual. In fact, the Pharisees and Sadduccees of the Bible were religious. Thats exactly what we don't wanna be. I've been reading the bible a lot lately and even attending a bible study with some of my friends. Not that this is anything new for me, but its a different pattern here as of late. I think if more people would get in touch with their spiritual side instead of being religious, we'd all be better off. So many people get caught in the traditions of religion that they forget that spirituality involves growth. Our spirit grows...our relationship with God grows. I'm a big believer that our modern day churches, for the most part but not all, are not what God intended them to be. In fact, Jesus thought the ancient temple was a disgrace to the kingdom so he went in and told the fools how it was. I only wish that could happen to some our churches today. What does God think about them? Sure, for the most part they try and do good, but you know we fall so short. Do we even need a church? We lost touch as to what a "church" is. A "church" is a body of believers. But we put so much pride and millions of dollars sometimes in buildings called the "church." Why? Sure, its great for the body of "members" that go there, but what purpose does it serve to those non "members" ? I'm not saying its wrong, I'm not really sure, but I do know that it can't be the way God intended it to be. Some of the most spiritual experiences I've ever had, had nothing to do with the building I was in or the church that I was at. In fact, I'd say that they all occured else where. So what do we do? Where do we go from here as believers? Something to ponder on.
J, you can't save the world my man... but you can be happy in your relationship with God and hope that others see it and want the same thing. Spiritualism and Religion I agree are two different subjects that can be argued and I'm glad that you distinguish the difference, most people don't think so and follow a certain religion but are never really spiritual or have any type of spiritual well being... thank God that you are open minded enough to see what some cannot...
