Live and Let Live

We all have a desire,

an insatiable need rather,

to know and connect with

that which is greater than ourselves;

the Great Spirit, Greater Being -

God.

 

For millennia,

humans have been on a quest to figure out

how to garner favor and blessing

from God.

 

For the masses,

no amount of sacrifices,

good works,

prayers,

incantations

or anything else

seemed to do the trick.

 

Then came Jesus

whose purpose and intent

was to show us that none of those things

are required nor qualify to

do the trick.

 

Rather, Jesus' very life was the

example, demonstration

and embodiment of

RELATIONSHIP

with God.

 

His death was to

dispel any thought for

or need of man's continued

striving toward God.

 

Through his own

real and personal relationship

with God,

he knew how best to live. 

 

And Jesus did not say,

"Appoint taskmasters, judge and police one another,

start a new religion, create theologies, evangelize or

convince everyone else that they need to think like you."

 

Rather, he said, "Everything I have said and done

has been from/of God.

My life has demonstrated that everyone has equal

access to God.

You have all been equipped to do all I have done

and MORE.

This is good news!

Go out and share it with the world."

 

And since everything that Jesus did was

kind, loving and good,

one can deduce that God is kind, loving and good.

And when one embarks on a personal relationship with God,

one finds that God is, indeed,

kind loving and good.

 

 

Yet, some how,

the clear simplicity of Jesus'

message has been missed.

 

Even today, people expend

time and energy

on coming up with uselss ways

 to "rightly" gain God's favor.

 

Jesus' message is

so simple,

yet so profoundly

Powerful.

 

We've all been created

and given the right to live our lives

as we see fit

(free will).

 

And we have all been given

full access to God

and have been thouroughly equipped

to accomplish things that have been deemed

as "humanly impossible".

 

This is good news!

 

 

So, while I live my life,

I will allow and

 encourage you

to live yours.

 

Live well my friends!