I don't like religion. It is nothing more than a group of people, motivated by guilt, gathering weekly to practice traditions and preach rules that were made up by some person a few generations ago. Blah. Give me something real. Give me something exciting. Give me something with life! Religion is for the birds. I have discovered the alternative. Something real. Something exciting. Something with life! Something more than just meeting in a building two or three times a week. Something more than just going through the motions of doing what is expected of me. Something that has rocked my world and brought meaning to my life! Something that religion could never do. What is it?
A relationship.
That's right. A relationship. With a person. Not just any person. But the Person Who is responsible for my existence. The Person Who designed and created me. The Person Who gave me life. The Person Who gives me peace I cannot understand. The Person Who gives me joy I cannot explain. The Person Who has accepted me for who I am. The Person Who loves and forgives me, no matter what I have done. The Person that asks nothing more from me than to love Him and love others. That Person: My Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
Read Matthew 22:34-40. Read John 15:1-17. I don't think the Lord gets His kicks from rules and traditions. I find His true enjoyment comes from a real friendship with me. (For those of you that are hung up on rules, standards, convictions, etc. - love comes first. Then the obedience stuff has a way of figuring itself out. I find that the more I realize and experience God's love for me, the more I love Him. The more I love Him, the more desire I have to do right. Obedience and holiness is a natural byproduct of love. It is not the result of rules and regulations.)
It's not about the law. It's about love. It's not about guilt. It's about gratitude. It's not about religion. It's about a relationship. Something real. Something exciting. Full of life! When I read the red part of the New Testament (the Words of my Savior), I find that He tends to agree: Religion is for the birds.
A relationship.
That's right. A relationship. With a person. Not just any person. But the Person Who is responsible for my existence. The Person Who designed and created me. The Person Who gave me life. The Person Who gives me peace I cannot understand. The Person Who gives me joy I cannot explain. The Person Who has accepted me for who I am. The Person Who loves and forgives me, no matter what I have done. The Person that asks nothing more from me than to love Him and love others. That Person: My Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
Read Matthew 22:34-40. Read John 15:1-17. I don't think the Lord gets His kicks from rules and traditions. I find His true enjoyment comes from a real friendship with me. (For those of you that are hung up on rules, standards, convictions, etc. - love comes first. Then the obedience stuff has a way of figuring itself out. I find that the more I realize and experience God's love for me, the more I love Him. The more I love Him, the more desire I have to do right. Obedience and holiness is a natural byproduct of love. It is not the result of rules and regulations.)
It's not about the law. It's about love. It's not about guilt. It's about gratitude. It's not about religion. It's about a relationship. Something real. Something exciting. Full of life! When I read the red part of the New Testament (the Words of my Savior), I find that He tends to agree: Religion is for the birds.
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